I think in fact that unless there is an organic link between the subjective impressions of the author and his objective representation… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
