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> [Art is actually based on the notion that if you would really celebrate an idea or a principle, you must think, you must plan, you must put yourself completely in the state of devotion, and not simply give the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/art-is-actually-based-on-the-notion-that-if-you-would-really/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

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## More by Maya Deren

> [The task of cinema or any other art form is not to translate hidden messages of the unconscious soul into art but to experiment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/the-task-of-cinema-or-any-other-art-form-is-not-to-translate-hidden/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [I am not greedy. I do not seek to possess the major portion of your days. I am content if, on those rare occasions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/i-am-not-greedy-i-do-not-seek-to-possess-the-major-portion-of-your/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [It is not morbidity which draws crowds to scenes of disaster or unusual joy. It is the desire to participate in a moment when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/it-is-not-morbidity-which-draws-crowds-to-scenes-of-disaster-or/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [And what more could I possibly ask as an artist than that your most precious visions, however rare, assume sometimes the forms of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/and-what-more-could-i-possibly-ask-as-an-artist-than-that-your-most/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [Art is actually based on the notion that if you would really celebrate an idea or a principle, you must think, you must plan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/art-is-actually-based-on-the-notion-that-if-you-would-really/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/myth-is-the-facts-of-the-mind-made-manifest-in-a-fiction-of-matter/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [The way back is always shorter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/the-way-back-is-always-shorter/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [I make my pictures for what Hollywood spends on lipstick,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/i-make-my-pictures-for-what-hollywood-spends-on-lipstick/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [“The universe was once conceived as the passive stage upon which the dramatic conflict of human wills was enacted and resolved. Today man has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/the-universe-was-once-conceived-as-the-passive-stage-upon-which-the/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

> [Use your freedom to experiment with visual ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/use-your-freedom-to-experiment-with-visual-ideas/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

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