A philosophy is characterized more by the formulation of its problem than by its solution of them.

The secret of 'fusion' is the fact that the artist's eye sees in nature... an inexhaustible wealth of tension, rhythms, continuities, and contrasts which can be rendered in line and color.

Pioneering is the work of individuals.

A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote or intangible ideas.

Only a creature that can think symbolically about life can conceive of its own death. Our knowledge of death is part of our knowledge of life.

Cinema is like dream.

Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.