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> [True values entail suffering. That’s the way we think. All in all, we tend to view melancholia as more true. We prefer music and art to contain a touch of melancholia. So melancholia in itself is a value. Unhappy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/true-values-entail-suffering-that-s-the-way-we-think-all-in-all-we/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

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## More by Lars von Trier

> [I'm not a woman! Let's make that very clear! Oh I don't know, maybe I am. I am an American woman. Or 65 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/i-m-not-a-woman-let-s-make-that-very-clear-oh-i-don-t-know-maybe-i-am/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [I did a lot of strange things. But I am a bad Catholic that's for sure. Although I think it's difficult to believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/i-did-a-lot-of-strange-things-but-i-am-a-bad-catholic-that-s-for-sure/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [I think that sexuality is the part of human beings that is closest to nature. And nature is dangerous somehow, yes, if you put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/i-think-that-sexuality-is-the-part-of-human-beings-that-is-closest-to/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [If there are some people that like the film and some people that do not, that's fine for me, because I do not intend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/if-there-are-some-people-that-like-the-film-and-some-people-that-do/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/i-think-that-limitations-are-the-most-important-part-of-any-art-form/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [The risk is that you furnish the project with new suggestions to try and freshen it up; it's not always beneficial. You risk betraying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/the-risk-is-that-you-furnish-the-project-with-new-suggestions-to-try/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [Just the fact that you're working is good for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/just-the-fact-that-you-re-working-is-good-for-you/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [I had a lot of frustrations, and I was drinking far too much, and I was just trying to survive and this is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/i-had-a-lot-of-frustrations-and-i-was-drinking-far-too-much-and-i-was/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/that-s-the-great-thing-about-entering-a-convent-there-are-things-that/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [True values entail suffering. That’s the way we think. All in all, we tend to view melancholia as more true. We prefer music and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/true-values-entail-suffering-that-s-the-way-we-think-all-in-all-we/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [I can't tell you why I choose stuff, it's really something I don't analyse. The only thing I can say is that a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/i-can-t-tell-you-why-i-choose-stuff-it-s-really-something-i-don-t/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/i-sit-there-pouring-out-my-woes-year-after-year-coming-up-with-one/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/when-i-show-a-film-at-a-festival-i-am-showing-myself-everything-is-at/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [The secret ingredient to sex is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/the-secret-ingredient-to-sex-is-love/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

> [Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-von-trier/far-be-it-from-me-to-force-anyone-into-either-chess-or-dressage-but/)

[Lars von Trier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-von-trier/)

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