Inspirational Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

9 Inspirational quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

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Francis Ford Coppola’s cinematic vision carries a daring optimism. These eight lines give a snapshot of that creative spark, perfect for a quick lift.

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Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.

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A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

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I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.

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Death is what makes life an event.

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The essence of cinema is editing.

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There's nothing creative about living within your means.

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If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

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It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.

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You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for…

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I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

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I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

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Collaboration is like the sex of creativity.

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Death is what makes life an event.

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I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart…

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It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't…

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Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial…

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I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.

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Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a…

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When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of…

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Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.

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There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.

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