A man writes because he is tormented, because he doubts. He needs to constantly prove to himself and the others that heโs worth something. And if I know for sure that Iโm a genius? Why write then? What the hell for?
Andrei TarkovskyThe artist has a duty to be calm. He has no right to show his emotion, his involvement, to go pouring it all out at the audience. Any excitement over a subject must be sublimated into an Olympian calm of form. That is the only way in which an artist can tell of the things that excite him.
Andrei TarkovskyI am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.
Andrei TarkovskyThe Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve others.
Andrei Tarkovsky