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# Andrei Tarkovsky

(1932–1986)   Film Director   Soviet Union

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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 · Page 3

> [My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/my-purpose-is-to-make-films-that-will-help-people-to-live-even-if/)

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> [I have to say from the outset that not all prose can be transferred to the screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-have-to-say-from-the-outset-that-not-all-prose-can-be-transferred/)

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> [Juxtaposing a person with an environment that is boundless, collating him with a countless number of people passing by close to him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/juxtaposing-a-person-with-an-environment-that-is-boundless-collating/)

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> [“I felt all the time that for the film to be a success the texture of the scenery and the landscapes must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-felt-all-the-time-that-for-the-film-to-be-a-success-the-texture-of/)

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> [Art could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/art-could-be-said-to-be-a-symbol-of-the-universe-being-linked-with/)

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> [The director's task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-director-s-task-is-to-recreate-life-its-movement-its/)

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> [THE ARTISTIC IMAGE IS ALWAYS A METONYM, WHERE ONE THING IS SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER, THE SMALLER FOR THE GREATER. TO TELL OF…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-artistic-image-is-always-a-metonym-where-one-thing-is-substituted/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [ The film \[Stalker\] needs to be slower and duller at the start so that the viewers who walked into the wrong theatre… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-film-stalker-needs-to-be-slower-and-duller-at-the-start-so-that/)

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[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/man-is-born-unto-the-trouble-as-the-sparks-fly-upwards-in-other-words/)

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> [“In a certain sense the past is far more real, or at any rate more stable, more resilient than the present. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/in-a-certain-sense-the-past-is-far-more-real-or-at-any-rate-more/)

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[Past](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past/)

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> [If we succeed with something, that is only because others are in need of what e have produced. And the more success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/if-we-succeed-with-something-that-is-only-because-others-are-in-need/)

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> [It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/it-is-obvious-that-art-cannot-teach-anyone-anything-since-in-four-2/)

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[Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/)

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> [If there are some who talk the same language as myself, then why should I neglect their interests for the sake of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/if-there-are-some-who-talk-the-same-language-as-myself-then-why/)

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[Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/)

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> [I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-know-no-fear-no-trouble-no-bliss/)

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> [The director’s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-director-s-task-is-to-recreate-life-its-movement-its-2/)

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> [“Off course, life has no point. If it had, man would not be free. He'd become a slave to that point and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/off-course-life-has-no-point-if-it-had-man-would-not-be-free-he-d/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [“Our fraught way of life gives each of us a narrowly defined role, creating conditions conducive to developing only those elements in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/our-fraught-way-of-life-gives-each-of-us-a-narrowly-defined-role/)

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[Distrust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distrust/)

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> [AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY OCCURS EACH TIME AS A NEW AND UNIQUE IMAGE OF THE WORLD, A HIEROGLYPHIC OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH. IT APPEARS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/an-artistic-discovery-occurs-each-time-as-a-new-and-unique-image-of/)

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> [“Hemos llegado a una situación en la que el público prefiere cualquier basura comercial a Fresas salvajes de Bergman o a El…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/hemos-llegado-a-una-situaci-n-en-la-que-el-p-blico-prefiere-cualquier/)

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[Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/)

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> [...what nobody seems to understand is that love can only be one-sided, that no other love exists, that in any other form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/what-nobody-seems-to-understand-is-that-love-can-only-be-one-sided/)

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[Form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/form/)

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> [I'VE NOTICED, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IF THE EXTERNAL, EMOTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF IMAGES IN A FILM ARE BASED ON THE FILMMAKER'S OWN MEMORY,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-ve-noticed-from-my-experience-if-the-external-emotional/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/unlike-all-the-other-art-forms-film-is-able-to-seize-and-render-the/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [I think in fact that unless there is an organic link between the subjective impressions of the author and his objective representation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-think-in-fact-that-unless-there-is-an-organic-link-between-the/)

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[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

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> [It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/it-is-perfectly-possible-to-be-a-professional-director-or-a/)

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> [MANY MANAGE TO SEPARATE THEIR LIFE FROM THEIR FILMS. THEY LIVE ONE WAY AND EXPRESS OTHER IDEAS IN THEIR WORKS. THEY ARE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/many-manage-to-separate-their-life-from-their-films-they-live-one-way/)

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> [“In the case of someone who is spiritual receptive, it is possible to talk of an analogy between the impact made by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/in-the-case-of-someone-who-is-spiritual-receptive-it-is-possible-to/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [All of us are infected today with an extraordinary egoism. And that is not freedom; freedom means learning to demand only of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/all-of-us-are-infected-today-with-an-extraordinary-egoism-and-that-is/)

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[Demand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demand/)

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> [“I somehow think that it's better to screen inferior literature, which nonetheless contains the seed of something real- which can be developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-somehow-think-that-it-s-better-to-screen-inferior-literature-which/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [What is art? (...) Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/what-is-art-like-a-declaration-of-love-the-consciousness-of-our/)

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> [“Late this evening I looked at the sky and saw the stars. I felt as if it was the first time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/late-this-evening-i-looked-at-the-sky-and-saw-the-stars-i-felt-as-if/)

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> [“Me dirijo a casa de mi MADRE, a la que no veo desde hace un siglo y que ha envejecido tan vertiginosamente…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/me-dirijo-a-casa-de-mi-madre-a-la-que-no-veo-desde-hace-un-siglo-y/)

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> [A man writes because he is tormented, because he doubts. He needs to constantly prove to himself and the others that he’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/a-man-writes-because-he-is-tormented-because-he-doubts-he-needs-to/)

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[Doubt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/)

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> [Above all, I feel that the sounds of this world are so beautiful in themselves that if only we could listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/above-all-i-feel-that-the-sounds-of-this-world-are-so-beautiful-in/)

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[Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/)

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> [“Why do I feel this alone? Basically, because I’ve always been alone. I’ve always been alone. And alone I’ll be. It’s about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/why-do-i-feel-this-alone-basically-because-i-ve-always-been-alone-i/)

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> [An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/an-artist-needs-knowledge-and-the-power-of-observation-only-so-that/)

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> [Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/becoming-an-artist-does-not-merely-mean-learning-something-acquiring/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-allotted-function-of-art-is-not-as-is-often-assumed-to-put-across/)

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[Aim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aim/)

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> [Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/art-is-realistic-when-it-strives-to-express-an-ethical-ideal-realism/)

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[Aesthetic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthetic/)

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> [“No other art can compare with cinema in the force, precision, and starkness with which it conveys awareness of facts and aesthetic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/no-other-art-can-compare-with-cinema-in-the-force-precision-and/)

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> [The artist is always the servant, and is perpetually trying to pay for the gift that has been given to him as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/the-artist-is-always-the-servant-and-is-perpetually-trying-to-pay-for/)

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