The Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve others.

Objectivity can only be the author's and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel.

Although the assembly of the shots is responsible for the structure of the film, it does not, as is generally assumed, create its rhythm; the distinct time running through the shots makes the rhythm of the picture, and the rhythm is determined not by the length of edited pieces, but by the pressure of the time that runs through them. The pieces that 'won't edit', that can't be properly joined, are those which record a radically different kind of time

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

When less than everything has been said about a subject, you can still think on further. The alternative is for the audience to be presented with a final deduction (...) no effort on their part. What can it mean to them when they have not shared with the author the misery and joy of bringing an image into being?

I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone –as it seems to me– is in danger.

An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty.