All Douglas Sirk Quotes
- If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing… Angle
- I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style. Craft
- So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to perfection in American pictures. They were naive, they were that… American
- I think the great artists (..) have always thought with the heart. Always Thought
- This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is… Art
- There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can't reach, or touch, the real.… Darkly
- I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I… Always Wanted
- There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy… Arose
- For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land,… Angeles
- Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after. Character
- Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands. Beautiful
- In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is. Almost Frozen
- Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in… American
- Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are… America
- A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do. Director
- At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power. Belonged
- I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives. Considered
- I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know. Designer
- If I couldn't read, I couldn't live. Funny
- Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic. Employ
- Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye. Best
- My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period… American
- These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in… All
- And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble. Film
- You have to think with the heart. Broken