It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
GEORGE LUCASI’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.
More George Lucas Quotes
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I think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life – being a citizen, being part of humanity – to help other people, to help your country, to help the world.
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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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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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Teachers are the most important individuals in our society – nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.
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You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
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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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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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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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There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
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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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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
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If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
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Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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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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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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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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We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.
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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.
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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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Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
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The underlying issues, the psychological motives, in all my movies have been the same, he said. Personal responsibility and friendship, the importance of a compassionate life as opposed to a passionate life.
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