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> [Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man's creativity, proof that man has not yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/today-i-believe-that-man-cannot-escape-his-destiny-to-create-whatever/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

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## More by Orson Welles

> [The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-two-things-you-cannot-do-effectively-on-stage-are-pray-and/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/there-are-a-thousand-ways-of-playing-a-good-classic-if-it-were/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-am-essentially-a-hack-a-commercial-person-if-i-had-a-hobby-i-would/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-essential-is-to-excite-the-spectators-if-that-means-playing/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/there-are-three-intolerable-things-in-life-cold-coffee-lukewarm/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [I'm extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-m-extremely-surprised-to-learn-that-a-story-which-has-become/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-hate-women-hate-them-generally-not-in-particular-but-in-an-abstract/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/when-television-came-along-i-d-already-done-more-than-10-years-of/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/look-at-the-real-prodigies-and-i-look-like-nothing-compared-to-them/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-laws-and-the-stage-both-are-a-form-of-exhibitionism/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/in-the-theater-there-are-1-500-cameras-rolling-at-the-same-time-in/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/in-italy-for-30-years-under-the-borgias-they-had-warfare-terror/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [I would rather be on the set than doing anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-would-rather-be-on-the-set-than-doing-anything/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-prefer-people-who-rock-the-boat-to-people-who-jump-out/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

> [If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/if-i-don-t-like-somebody-s-looks-i-don-t-like-them/)

[Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/)

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