All Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes
- It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a fruit and begins… Annul
- Man has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored. Dealt
- Modern mass culture, aimed at the 'consumer', the civilisation of prosthetics, is crippling people's souls, setting up barriers between man and the crucial questions of… Aimed
- What is art? (...) Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act that none the… Act
- It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should long ago have… Accordance
- ...what nobody seems to understand is that love can only be one-sided, that no other love exists, that in any other form it is not… Any
- ...art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must give man hope… Art
- Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves… Appreciate