The photographer in Blow-Up, who is not a philosopher, wants to see things closer up. But it so happens that, by enlarging… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
The script is a starting point, not a fixed highway. I must look through the camera to see if what I've written… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
A director is a man, therefore he has ideas; he is also an artist, therefore he has imagination. Whether they are good… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
When you work on a character, you form in your mind an image of what he ought to look like. Then you go and… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
My films always leave me unsatisfied, since I've always worked under fairly disastrous conditions economically. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
All I know is that we are loaded down with old and stale stuff - habits, customs, old attitudes already dead and gone. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I'm not rich and maybe I'll never be rich. Money is useful - yes - but I don't worship it. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I believe in the autobiographical concept only to the degree that I am able to put onto film all that's passing through my head… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
Life should be taken ironically; otherwise, it becomes a tragedy. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
You can't go to an LSD or pot party unless you take it yourself. If I want to go, I must take drugs myself. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I want an actor to try to give me what I ask in the best and most exact way possible. He mustn't try to… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
