All Jonas Mekas Quotes
- In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets. Civilization
- I make home movies-therefore I live. I live-therefore I make home movies Funny
- Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate reality: situations, friends,… Been
- In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don’t care about my cinema. In Europe they don’t know my poetry; in Europe, I… Care
- For an artist, to be normal is a disaster Artist
- Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life Essential
- My life is essentially not so unique. On some deeper levels we feel the same, we know the same things. Therefore if I show my… All
- Yes, I got my first Bolex camera a few weeks after being dropped in New York by the United Nations Refugee Organization. That was on… Bolex
- As a film-maker and a poet, I feel it's my duty to be an eye and an antenna to what's happening around me. I always… Always Felt
- I always work only with friends, but it must be about them and myself. Because I film only very personal moments, nothing preplanned, staged or… All
- In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to… All
- We need less perfect but more free films. Film
- I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called 'Film Culture.' Brought
- I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless. Abstract
- Most of my videos consist of fragments, one or two minutes long. They are haikus or sketches. I have thousands. Consist
- Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere. Anywhere
- In 1962, we created the Filmmakers' Co-Op because nobody wanted to distribute our films. If we had the Internet in those days, we wouldn't have… Co
- There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses. Break
- Some cameras are heavier and need to be on tripods. Others are small enough to hide in your pocket. There are places where you don't… Camera
- I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with… Been
- I am very active on the Internet. In 2007, I made one film every day and posted it on my website. That was a 365-day… Active
- Once you change the technology - from a film camera to a video camera, or from an 8-mm camera to 16 mm - you change… Almost Like
- I'm not so much in the future as always in the present. The future always takes care of itself. What I do now with my… Always Takes
- I'm a filmmaker, but my working procedures are different. All my basic structuring is done during the filming. You know, how long I keep the… All
- It is important to know that what I do is not artistic. I am just a film-maker. I live how I live and I do… Ahead