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> [I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/i-ve-just-begun-to-dare-to-think-i-perhaps-am-a-bit-of-an-artist/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

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## More by David Lean

> [Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/good-films-can-be-made-only-by-a-crew-of-dedicated-maniacs/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [When you're in the desert, you look into infinity… It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/when-you-re-in-the-desert-you-look-into-infinity-it-makes-you-feel/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/i-think-people-remember-pictures-not-dialogue-that-s-why-i-like/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/film-is-a-dramatised-reality-and-it-is-the-director-s-job-to-make-it/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/i-m-first-and-foremost-interested-in-the-story-the-characters/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/my-distinguishing-talent-is-the-ability-to-put-people-under-the/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/i-ve-just-begun-to-dare-to-think-i-perhaps-am-a-bit-of-an-artist/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [Don't make jokes about food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/don-t-make-jokes-about-food/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

> [I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lean/i-rather-like-mysteries-but-i-do-dislike-muddles/)

[David Lean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lean/)

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