--- title: "1 Arty Quotes By Nicolas Roeg" description: "1 Arty quotes by Nicolas Roeg. Plus more from Nicolas Roeg and more Arty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/nicolas-roeg-8708_always_i-was-always-a-bit-arty-farty-as-a-boy-c_1396092.png" --- > [I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/i-was-always-a-bit-arty-farty-as-a-boy-come-on-mr-arty-farty-my/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/nicolas-roeg-8708_always_i-was-always-a-bit-arty-farty-as-a-boy-c_1396092.png) ## More by Nicolas Roeg > [When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/when-i-went-to-the-cinema-as-a-boy-when-i-saw-a-war-film-i-thought/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/there-s-horror-in-your-life-believe-me-whether-it-s-coming-or-you-ve/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [When my sister and I were very young, my father used to tell us fairy stories that he'd made up. My mother was always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/when-my-sister-and-i-were-very-young-my-father-used-to-tell-us-fairy/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [Fear has many faces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/fear-has-many-faces/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/some-people-are-very-lucky-and-have-the-story-in-their-heads-i-ve/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/when-a-book-is-just-a-plot-you-know-two-men-fight-for-the-love-of-a/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [They think something's gone wrong, but in Don't Look Now, for instance, one scene was made by a mistake. It's the scene where Donald…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/they-think-something-s-gone-wrong-but-in-don-t-look-now-for-instance/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [Nature repeats itself, but it never starts from the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/nature-repeats-itself-but-it-never-starts-from-the-beginning/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/film-remains-completely-mystical-and-mysterious-to-me/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/i-think-the-big-studios-shaped-and-formed-the-artists-that-they-put/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/there-s-no-one-right-way-of-making-a-science-fiction-movie-there-s-no/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/i-like-women-in-film-i-like-women-in-general-but-i-especially-like-to/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [I've always noticed that films set in any sort of future very rarely draw on the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/i-ve-always-noticed-that-films-set-in-any-sort-of-future-very-rarely/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/grief-is-an-emotion-that-s-almost-unplayable-because-you-re-in-a/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) > [I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in water, etc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/i-ve-used-mirrors-in-a-lot-of-movies-i-think-the-mirror-is-an/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arty/nicolas-roeg/#itemlist", "name": "1 Arty Quotes By Nicolas Roeg", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 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