Superficial Largely Quotes by Luis Bunuel

Mystery is the essential element of every work of art.

— Luis Bunuel

“Me decía: ¡habrían tenido que hacerme leer a Sade antes que todas las demás cosas!”

— Luis Buñuel

If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul.

— Luis Bunuel

“A life without memory is no life at all”

— Luis Bunuel

A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

— Luis Bunuel

God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.

— Luis Bunuel

I'm still an atheist, thank God.

— Luis Bunuel

Age is something that doesn't matter unless you're a cheese

— Luis Bunuel

I think films are perishable, because they depend too much on technology, which advances too quickly and the films become old-fashioned, antiques. What I…

— Luis Bunuel

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

— Luis Bunuel

The bar... is an exercise in solitude. Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable-and, contrary to modern mores, no music of…

— Luis Bunuel

I am an atheist, thanks be to God.

— Luis Bunuel