Art Quote by Emil Ferris

Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and…

— Peter Weir

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today…

— Catherine Deneuve

The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema

— Alfred Hitchcock

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I watched a lot of silent movies. It's a very specific way of writing, which is more of a challenge than the directing. You…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft…

— George Lucas

Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up…

— Kevin Brownlow

Silent films are fairytales. All stories are more or less fairytales, and removing speech makes everything more universal. It makes specific characters stand in…

— Guy Maddin

I intend more of a kinship with silent films than more modern film. I like the old cinema. My films are more of a…

— George Lucas

In a silent film, the visuals are of utmost importance.

— Karthik Subbaraj

Now I'm the go-to-girl for silent films.

— Penelope Ann Miller