Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman I ever knew... I have met a lot of people knocking around the world since, but I have never met a more thoroughly refined woman than my mother. If I have amounted to anything, it will be due to her.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism - and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution - I just want to create a few more films.

Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security.