"The allotted function of art is not, as……" — Andrei Tarkovsky
"The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good"
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68 Quotes by Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky has 68 quotes on this site.
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When I speak of the aspiration towards the beautiful, of the ideal as the ultimate aim of art, which grows…
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Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence;…
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Above all, I feel that the sounds of this world are so beautiful in themselves that if only we could…
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An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining,…
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I have to say from the outset that not all prose can be transferred to the screen.
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For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion.
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