"Language also encodes our past. We want to……" — Andrzej Wajda
"Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past."
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Andrzej Wajda
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32 Quotes by Andrzej Wajda
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As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality.
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By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into…
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The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of…
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It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality.
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There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for…
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In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in…
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We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat,…
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In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or…
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One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition…
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A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the…
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In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and…
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When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the…
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Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
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Like mighty eagle soaring light. O'er antelopes on Alpine height. The anchor heaves, the ship swings free, The sails swell…
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What an anchor is to a ship, hope is to the soul. Both ships and souls are kept safe by…
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How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many…
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Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.
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Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them…
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