“Modern mass culture, aimed at the "consumer", the civilization of prosthetics, is crippling people's souls, setting up barriers between man and the crucial questions of his existence, his consciousness of himself as a spiritual being” — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
I think in fact that unless there is an organic link between the subjective impressions of the author and his objective representation of reality,… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
Perhaps the meaning of all human activity lies in the artistic consciousness, in the pointless and selfless creative act? Perhaps our capacity to create… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
If we succeed with something, that is only because others are in need of what e have produced. And the more success we have… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
“I believe in one thing: the human spirit is immortal and indestructible. In the beyond there could be anything, it is of no importance… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
Some sort of pressure must exist; the artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect,… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a fruit and… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
“The image in cinema is based on the ability to present as an observation one's own perception of an object” — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it,… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
Why do people go to the cinema? What takes them into a darkened room where, for two hours, they watch the play of shadows… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
Objectivity can only be the author's and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel. — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
“Perhaps cinema is the most personal art, the most intimate. In cinema only the author's intimate truth will be convincing enough for the audience… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
Weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share
