Quote by Andrei Tarkovsky

Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

I think in fact that unless there is an organic link between the subjective impressions of the author and his objective representation of reality,…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Perhaps the meaning of all human activity lies in the artistic consciousness, in the pointless and selfless creative act? Perhaps our capacity to create…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

If we succeed with something, that is only because others are in need of what e have produced. And the more success we have…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

“I believe in one thing: the human spirit is immortal and indestructible. In the beyond there could be anything, it is of no importance…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Some sort of pressure must exist; the artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect,…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a fruit and…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

“The image in cinema is based on the ability to present as an observation one's own perception of an object”

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it,…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Why do people go to the cinema? What takes them into a darkened room where, for two hours, they watch the play of shadows…

— Andrei Tarkovsky