black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

Orson Welles

Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
ORSON WELLES

Artist Himself Magic True
I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
ORSON WELLES

Choice Myself People
I started at the top and worked my way down.
ORSON WELLES

Myself Start Way Work
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
ORSON WELLES

Bad Goodness Justice Luck
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
ORSON WELLES

Big Modesty Tough
Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
ORSON WELLES

Change Feeling Future Permanent Sick Time
I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s no way to live.
ORSON WELLES

Life Live Money Myself Run Try
I seem to have no dress sense at all. I’m always being listed in New York among one of the ten worst dressed men of the year. Someone once described me as “looking like an unmade bed.” He was right!
ORSON WELLES

Fashion Funny Man Myself Right Worst
See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
ORSON WELLES

Appearance Believe Different Lie Myself Nation People Race Thinking True
We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.
ORSON WELLES

Alive Alone Born Creation Death Friendship Illusion Live Love Moments
Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
ORSON WELLES

End Forever Human Nature Original
Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
ORSON WELLES

People Stupidity World Worst
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
ORSON WELLES

Country Food Yourself
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
ORSON WELLES

Alone Creation Friendship Illusion
Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.
ORSON WELLES

Actor Director Home Movie Play Respect World Worth
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
ORSON WELLES

Absence Art Enemy Limitation

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Orson Welles Quotes