--- title: "120 Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes - Famous Film director (Andrei Rublev)" description: "Andrei Tarkovsky quotes on art, truth, imperfection, and the peace of sleep." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrei-tarkovsky-12850.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrei-tarkovsky-12850.jpg) # Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) Film Director Soviet Union **120** quotes in **618** categories Andrei Tarkovsky says art is realistic when it pushes an ethical ideal and that truth is always beautiful. He links an artist’s inner impressions to the way reality is shown, and he believes art exists because the world is imperfect. He also reflects on sleep as a fear‑free state. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Andrei Tarkovsky was a film director from the Soviet Union, best known for *Andrei Rublev*. ## Quick Facts About Andrei Tarkovsky Born April 4, 1932 Died December 29, 1986 Nationality Soviet Union Profession Film Director Notable works Andrei Rublev Known for Solaris, Ivan's Childhood, Stalker, The Sacrifice, Andrei Rublev Spouse Larisa Tarkovskaya ## About Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes and are known for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery and preoccupation with nature and memory. ## Awards & Honors People's Artist of the RSFSR Lenin Prize Golden Lion Cannes Best Director Award Golden Eagle Awards Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ## Quotes by Andrei Tarkovsky > [Art would be useless if the world were perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/art-would-be-useless-if-the-world-were-perfect/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_art-would-be-useless-if-the-world-were-p_1699970.jpg) > [Relating a person to the whole world: that is the meaning of cinema.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/relating-a-person-to-the-whole-world-that-is-the-meaning-of-cinema/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_cinema_relating-a-person-to-the-whole-world-tha_1570530.jpg) > [An artist who has no faith is like a painter who was born blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/an-artist-who-has-no-faith-is-like-a-painter-who-was-born-blind/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_an-artist-who-has-no-faith-is-like-a-pai_2915559.jpg) > [Where am I when I'm not in reality or in my imagination?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/where-am-i-when-i-m-not-in-reality-or-in-my-imagination/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Imagination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_imagination_where-am-i-when-i-m-not-in-reality-or-in_2559575.jpg) > [Never trouble anyone else with what you can do yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/never-trouble-anyone-else-with-what-you-can-do-yourself/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_can-do_never-trouble-anyone-else-with-what-you_1935131.jpg) > [“If you look for a meaning, you’ll miss everything that happens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/if-you-look-for-a-meaning-you-ll-miss-everything-that-happens/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Happens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_happens_if-you-look-for-a-meaning-you-ll-miss-ev_2288279.jpg) > [People who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/people-who-grow-bored-in-their-own-company-seem-to-me-in-danger/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Bored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bored_people-who-grow-bored-in-their-own-compa_847431.jpg) > [Of course life has no point. If it had, man would not be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/of-course-life-has-no-point-if-it-had-man-would-not-be-free/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Courses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courses/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_courses_of-course-life-has-no-point-if-it-had-ma_1746326.jpg) > [Objectivity can only be the author's and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/objectivity-can-only-be-the-author-s-and-therefore-subjective-even-if/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_books_objectivity-can-only-be-the-author-s-and_262075.jpg) > [“A poet is someone who can use a single image to send a universal message.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/a-poet-is-someone-who-can-use-a-single-image-to-send-a-universal/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_film_a-poet-is-someone-who-can-use-a-single-i_2501175.jpg) > [It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/it-is-obvious-that-art-cannot-teach-anyone-anything-since-in-four/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_it-is-obvious-that-art-cannot-teach-anyo_1299118.jpg) > [We have forgotten to observe. Instead of observing, we do things according to patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/we-have-forgotten-to-observe-instead-of-observing-we-do-things/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Forgotten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgotten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_forgotten_we-have-forgotten-to-observe-instead-of_901573.jpg) > [I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-am-only-interested-in-the-views-of-two-people-one-is-called-bresson/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bergman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bergman_i-am-only-interested-in-the-views-of-two_1187614.jpg) > [“My aim is to place cinema among the other art forms. To put it on a par with music, poetry, prose, etc.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/my-aim-is-to-place-cinema-among-the-other-art-forms-to-put-it-on-a/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_my-aim-is-to-place-cinema-among-the-othe_1946921.jpg) > [A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/a-book-read-by-a-thousand-different-people-is-a-thousand-different/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_book_a-book-read-by-a-thousand-different-peop_2867533.jpg) > [ALL ART, OF COURSE, IS INTELLECTUAL, BUT FOR ME, ALL THE ARTS, AND CINEMA EVEN MORE SO, MUST ABOVE ALL BE EMOTIONAL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/all-art-of-course-is-intellectual-but-for-me-all-the-arts-and-cinema/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_all-art-of-course-is-intellectual-but-fo_992779.jpg) > [“For many years I have been tormented by the certainty that the most extraordinary discoveries await us in the sphere of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/for-many-years-i-have-been-tormented-by-the-certainty-that-the-most/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_time_for-many-years-i-have-been-tormented-by_1088585.jpg) > [History is not Time; nor is evolution. They are both consequences. Time is a state: the flame in which there lives the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/history-is-not-time-nor-is-evolution-they-are-both-consequences-time/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Consequence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consequence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_consequence_history-is-not-time-nor-is-evolution-the_1166533.jpg) > [The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-idea-of-infinity-cannot-be-expressed-in-words-or-even-described/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Absolutes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_absolutes_the-idea-of-infinity-cannot-be-expressed_1803912.jpg) > [Some sort of pressure must exist; the artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/some-sort-of-pressure-must-exist-the-artist-exists-because-the-world/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_some-sort-of-pressure-must-exist-the-art_169604.jpg) > [“Perhaps cinema is the most personal art, the most intimate. In cinema only the author's intimate truth will be convincing enough for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/perhaps-cinema-is-the-most-personal-art-the-most-intimate-in-cinema/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_perhaps-cinema-is-the-most-personal-art_266552.jpg) > [I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-think-a-person-needs-to-learn-from-childhood-to-find-himself-alone/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Bored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bored_i-think-a-person-needs-to-learn-from-chi_1563477.jpg) > [If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/if-you-try-to-please-audiences-uncritically-accepting-their-tastes-it/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_accepting_if-you-try-to-please-audiences-uncritica_1823747.jpg) > [When I speak of poetry I am not thinking of it as a genre. Poetry is an awareness of the world, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/when-i-speak-of-poetry-i-am-not-thinking-of-it-as-a-genre-poetry-is/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_awareness_when-i-speak-of-poetry-i-am-not-thinking_1599128.jpg) > [IN THE CINEMA A DIRECTOR EXPRESSES HIS INDIVIDUALITY FIRST AND FOREMOST THROUGH HIS SENSE OF TIME, THROUGH RHYTHM. RHYTHM GIVES COLOUR TO…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/in-the-cinema-a-director-expresses-his-individuality-first-and/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Arise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_arise_in-the-cinema-a-director-expresses-his-i_2379235.jpg) > [Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to absolute laws, valid from age to age; since it is related to the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/artistic-creation-after-all-is-not-subject-to-absolute-laws-valid/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_age_artistic-creation-after-all-is-not-subje_1096835.jpg) > [Weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/weakness-is-a-great-thing-and-strength-is-nothing-when-a-man-is-just/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_born_weakness-is-a-great-thing-and-strength-i_287430.jpg) > [The artist has a duty to be calm. He has no right to show his emotion, his involvement, to go pouring it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-artist-has-a-duty-to-be-calm-he-has-no-right-to-show-his-emotion/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_the-artist-has-a-duty-to-be-calm-he-has_1860616.jpg) > [When less than everything has been said about a subject, you can still think on further. The alternative is for the audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/when-less-than-everything-has-been-said-about-a-subject-you-can-still/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Alternatives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternatives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_alternatives_when-less-than-everything-has-been-said_2008445.jpg) > [Clearly the hardest thing for the working artist is to create his own conception and follow it, unafraid of the strictures it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/clearly-the-hardest-thing-for-the-working-artist-is-to-create-his-own/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_clearly-the-hardest-thing-for-the-workin_2061786.jpg) > [“Art affirms all that is best in man—hope, faith, love, beauty, prayer…What he dreams of and what he hopes for…What is art?…Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/art-affirms-all-that-is-best-in-man-hope-faith-love-beauty-prayer/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_art-affirms-all-that-is-best-in-man-hope_3220052.jpg) > [Although the assembly of the shots is responsible for the structure of the film, it does not, as is generally assumed, create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/although-the-assembly-of-the-shots-is-responsible-for-the-structure/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Assembly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assembly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_assembly_although-the-assembly-of-the-shots-is-re_1331653.jpg) > [“Let everything that's been planned come true. Let them believe. And let them have a laugh at their passions. Because what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/let-everything-that-s-been-planned-come-true-let-them-believe-and-let/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Emotional energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotional-energy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_emotional-energy_let-everything-that-s-been-planned-come_2665146.jpg) > [“My objective is to create my own world and these images which we create mean nothing more than the images which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/my-objective-is-to-create-my-own-world-and-these-images-which-we/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Accessibility](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accessibility/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_accessibility_my-objective-is-to-create-my-own-world-a_2896429.jpg) > [“The beautiful is hidden from the eyes of those who are not searching for the truth, for whom it is contra-indicated. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-beautiful-is-hidden-from-the-eyes-of-those-who-are-not-searching/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_the-beautiful-is-hidden-from-the-eyes-of_1185193.jpg) > [It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/it-is-a-mistake-to-talk-about-the-artist-looking-for-his-subject-in/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_it-is-a-mistake-to-talk-about-the-artist_208535.jpg) > [“We can express our feelings regarding the world around us either by poetic or by descriptive means. I prefer to express myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/we-can-express-our-feelings-regarding-the-world-around-us-either-by/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Metaphor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_metaphor_we-can-express-our-feelings-regarding-th_2611961.jpg) > [“If you throw even a cursory glance into the past, at the life which lies behind you, not even recalling its most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/if-you-throw-even-a-cursory-glance-into-the-past-at-the-life-which/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_if-you-throw-even-a-cursory-glance-into_1783215.jpg) > [“I see it as my duty to stimulate reflection on what is essentially human and eternal in each individual soul, and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-see-it-as-my-duty-to-stimulate-reflection-on-what-is-essentially/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Capacity to love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capacity-to-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_capacity-to-love_i-see-it-as-my-duty-to-stimulate-reflect_1378776.jpg) > [Why do people go to the cinema? What takes them into a darkened room where, for two hours, they watch the play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/why-do-people-go-to-the-cinema-what-takes-them-into-a-darkened-room/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_why-do-people-go-to-the-cinema-what-take_215453.jpg) ## Andrei Tarkovsky by topic [Art (48)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Artist (32)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Cinema (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Film (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Time (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/andrei-tarkovsky/) [World (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Life (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Love 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He is too busy chasing after phantoms and bowing down to idols. In the end, everything can be reduced to the one simple element which is all a person can count upon in his existence: the capacity to love. That element can grow within the soul to become the supreme factor which determines the meaning of a person's life. 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