The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
ORSON WELLESNever expect justice in this world. That is not part of God’s plan. Everybody thinks that if they don’t get it, they’re some kind of odd man out. And it’s not true. Nobody gets justice – people just get good luck or bad luck.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about them. They are inscrutable.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
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The most personal thing I’ve put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It’s better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
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I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
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