I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette? — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Don't forget that costumes, like dreams, are symbolic communication. Dreams teach us that a language for everything exists - for every object, every color… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should learn to love each other so much… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded.… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that time is Death, that Death hides in clocks. Imposing another time powered by the Clock of the Imagination, however, can refuse… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Our duty as storytellers is to bring people to the station. There each person will choose his or her own train...But we must at… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
What's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
