“The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.”

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”

“Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.”

“What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed, and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world.”

“The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.”

“All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.”

“When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.”

“A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.”

“I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.”

“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.”

“The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world.”

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

“Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe.”

“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”

“All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.”

“The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, 'then' what do we do?”

“Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.”

“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.”

“The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.”

“Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.”

“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.”