"Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards".

Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in infinity. I'd say that film is the sculpting of time.

Knowledge is truthful only if it’s based in morality.

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

We know perfectly well that neither love nor peace of mind can be bought with any currency.

If there are some who talk the same language as myself, then why should I neglect their interests for the sake of some other group of people who are alien and remote? They have their own 'gods and idols' and we have nothing in common. ... If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want to collect their money.

Of course life has no point. If it had, man would not be free.