I took to cinema because I found cinema was the medium for…

There is no such thing as art cinema, there is only cinema.

— Joy Mathew

I feel that cinema can't change society or bring a revolution. I'm also not sure of cinema as a medium of education. Documentaries can…

— Naseeruddin Shah

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

— John Lasseter

Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas. But wood can translate ideas, too. You have wood and then you get a chair. Some…

— David Lynch

“But this is the ultimate contradiction of cinema. It's a medium BORN of technology, AFRAID of technology and evolving towards the future BECAUSE OF…

— Edward Ross

I think that cinema is medium of communication. It's as valid as novels or fine art.

— Ken Loach

Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.

— David Lynch

Cinema is a medium which makes you forget your worries and present a world which you can never be a part of.

— Sajid Khan

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

— Frank Miller

I've always believed that true cinema is cinema of the imagination.

— Sergio Leone

Basically, I have always wanted to have an art-house cinema. A cinema where we can show films that are not necessarily the current offerings…

— Kiran Rao

War is cinema, and cinema is war

— Paul Virilio

At university I became really interested in the history of cinema. It combined true life and all the arts that I loved. That prompted…

— Alice Rohrwacher

'Napoleon' is pure cinema, and cinema was designed for sharing.

— Kevin Brownlow

To me, cinema is cinema. Cinema is one big tree with many branches. The same as literature. In literature, you don't just say, 'Oh,…

— Jonas Mekas