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A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

George Lucas

The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
GEORGE LUCAS

Art Best Experience True Understand Way
That had always been my purpose: to get people back in touch with what makes us so valuable as a human race.
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Human People Purpose Race Touch Value
Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil… The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.
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Evil Friendship Goodness Ideas Issues Loyalty People Story
The older you get, the less seriously you take criticism. I’ve gotten to a point now where I ignore it completely. It’s just not relevant to me anymore.
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Complete Criticism Ignorance Old Serious Yourself
I’ve always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers – teachers with very loud voices.
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Aware Loud Movie Myself Teacher Try Voice
People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.
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Art Culture Destroy People Power Profit Work
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
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Consumption Darkness Destiny Forever Path Start Willing
It’s not a matter of how well can you make a movie. It’s how well can you make it under the circumstance, because there’s always circumstances. You cannot use that as an excuse.
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Circumstance Movie Pressure Struggle Yourself
Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.
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Art Light Moments Public
I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God’s bidding.
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God Life Myself Simplicity Struggle Try
If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
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Key Perseverance Quality Success Thinking
Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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Education Human Important Race
You need peers; you need people who are at the same level you are. You never know in life when you’re going to need help, and you never know who you’re going to need it from.
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Friendship Help Level Life Need People Yourself
My life is making movies. I like storytelling, and I’ve got a lot of stories that are stored up in my head that I hope to get out before my time is up.
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Head Hope Life Movie Myself Story Time
It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
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Education Experience Learning Lesson Lose
I’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.
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Criticism Discover History Lost Technology Try

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