Happy birthday, Jean Cocteau! Here are some quotes from the poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic.…
“The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that’s difficult to access—to a level that’s not material but spiritual.”
Happy birthday, Abbas Kiarostami! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker. “It’s said that in the beginning was the…
Art is born out of an ill-designed world.”
Happy birthday, Andrei Tarkovsky! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker. “The allotted function of art is not, as is…
“You have to invent life.”
RIP, Agnès Varda. Here are some quotes from the superb filmmaker. “I had a world. I don’t think I had…
“We survive, in the confusion of a life reborn beyond reason.”
Happy birthday, Pier Paolo Pasolini! Here are some quotes and film stills from the filmmaker. “If you know that I…
“Nothing would disgust me more morally than winning an Oscar.”
Happy birthday, Luis Buñuel! Here are some quotes from the superb filmmaker. “God and Country are an unbeatable team; they…
“Sometimes life has more imagination than we do.”
Happy birthday, François Truffaut! Here are some quotes from Truffaut and stills from his films: “Three films a day, three…
“Making a movie is like casting a spell.”
Happy birthday, Kenneth Anger! Here are some stills from Anger’s extraordinary films:
“I’m hanging on to life for dear life.”
Happy birthday, Derek Jarman! Here are some quotes from the brilliant filmmaker: “But the wind does not stop for my…