In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don’t care about my cinema. In Europe they don’t know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick!
I had the fortune to spend some time, mostly during the summers, with Jackie Kennedy's and her sister Lee Radziwill's families and children. Cinema w… - Jonas Mekas
I had the fortune to spend some time, mostly during the summers, with Jackie Kennedy's and her sister Lee Radziwill's families and children. Cinema w…
- Jonas Mekas
You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time. - Jonas Mekas
You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time.
I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my o… - Jonas Mekas
I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my o…
We are the measure of all things. And the beauty of our creation, of our art is proportional to the beauty of ourselves of our souls. - Jonas Mekas
We are the measure of all things. And the beauty of our creation, of our art is proportional to the beauty of ourselves of our souls.
My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it … - Jonas Mekas
My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it …
We need less perfect but more free films. - Jonas Mekas
We need less perfect but more free films.
Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life - Jonas Mekas
Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life
For an artist, to be normal is a disaster - Jonas Mekas
For an artist, to be normal is a disaster
I'm not so much in the future as always in the present. The future always takes care of itself. What I do now with my video camera, it can only recor… - Jonas Mekas
I'm not so much in the future as always in the present. The future always takes care of itself. What I do now with my video camera, it can only recor…
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