The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
GEORGE LUCASIt’s very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what’s inside of you.
More George Lucas Quotes
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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
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All democracies turn into dictatorships – but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it’s Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea.
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Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.
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Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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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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Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
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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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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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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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There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
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The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.
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A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
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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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Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.
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I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God’s bidding.
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Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that’s how success is measured.
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But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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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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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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