--- title: "6 Motion picture Quotes By Ray Bradbury" description: "6 Motion picture quotes by Ray Bradbury. Plus more from Ray Bradbury and more Motion picture sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/ray-bradbury-75_motion-picture_take-it-where-you-can-find-it-in-old-pho_260623.jpg" --- > [“Take it where you can find it, in old photograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/take-it-where-you-can-find-it-in-old-photograph-records-old-motion/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/ray-bradbury-75_motion-picture_take-it-where-you-can-find-it-in-old-pho_260623.jpg) > [I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-love-all-of-the-arts-i-love-motion-pictures-i-love-stage-i-love/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/ray-bradbury-75_art_i-love-all-of-the-arts-i-love-motion-pic_1746751.jpg) > [“You're a hopeless romantic," said Faber. "It would be funny if it were not serious. It's not books you need, it's some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-re-a-hopeless-romantic-said-faber-it-would-be-funny-if-it-were/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/ray-bradbury-75_books_you-re-a-hopeless-romantic-said-faber-it_2124462.jpg) > [Comic strips introduced me to metaphors. They are pure metaphor, so you learn how to tell a story with symbols, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/comic-strips-introduced-me-to-metaphors-they-are-pure-metaphor-so-you/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/ray-bradbury-75_comic_comic-strips-introduced-me-to-metaphors_2129985.jpg) > [“It is not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books...take it where you can find it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-is-not-books-you-need-it-s-some-of-the-things-that-once-were-in/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/ray-bradbury-75_book_it-is-not-books-you-need-it-s-some-of-th_2383320.jpg) > [“No, no, it's not the books you are looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/no-no-it-s-not-the-books-you-are-looking-for-take-it-where-you-can/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/ray-bradbury-75_books_no-no-it-s-not-the-books-you-are-looking_2544078.jpg) ## Other authors on Motion picture - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walt-disney-94295.jpg) Walt Disney 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motion-picture/walt-disney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-raymond-chandler-77612.jpg) Raymond Chandler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motion-picture/raymond-chandler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-blake-jenner-18367.jpg) James Berardinelli 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motion-picture/james-berardinelli/) ## More by Ray Bradbury > [That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-the-great-secret-of-creativity-you-treat-ideas-like-cats-you/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [You feed yourself. Make sure you have all the information, whether it's aesthetic, scientific, mathematical, I don't care what it is. Then you walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-feed-yourself-make-sure-you-have-all-the-information-whether-it-s/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/do-you-ever-read-any-of-the-books-you-burn-he-laughed-that-s-against/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-were-put-here-as-witnesses-to-the-miracle-of-life-we-see-the-stars/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/remember-with-writing-what-you-re-looking-for-is-just-one-person-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/as-a-result-of-reading-science-fiction-when-i-was-eight-i-grew-up/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [“You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-learn-to-write-in-college-it-s-a-very-bad-place-for-writers/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We're going to become the martians when we land there. When we explore and build communities, we become the martians. That's a wonderful destiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-re-going-to-become-the-martians-when-we-land-there-when-we-explore/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-wish-you-a-wrestling-match-with-your-creative-muse-that-will-last-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-library-is-the-biggest-cracker-box-factory-in-the-world-the-more/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-travel-for-romance-we-travel-for-architecture-and-we-travel-to-be/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-spent-three-days-a-week-for-10-years-educating-myself-in-the-public/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we'll become completely dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-we-try-to-deny-the-darkness-in-our-souls-then-we-ll-become/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-remember-that-the-captain-belongs-to-the-most-dangerous-enemy-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motion-picture/ray-bradbury/#itemlist", "name": "6 Motion picture Quotes By Ray Bradbury", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Take it where you can find it, in old photograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/take-it-where-you-can-find-it-in-old-photograph-records-old-motion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/ray-bradbury-75_motion-picture_take-it-where-you-can-find-it-in-old-pho_260623.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/ray-bradbury-75_motion-picture_take-it-where-you-can-find-it-in-old-pho_260623.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/ray-bradbury-75_motion-picture_take-it-where-you-can-find-it-in-old-pho_260623.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Take it where you can find it, in old photograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for…” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love all of the arts. 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