It is only for those without hope that hope is given.

You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.

The film is the first art form capable of demonstrating how matter plays tricks on man.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

True translation is transparent: it does not obscure the original, does not stand in its light, but rather allows pure language, as if strengthened by its own medium, to shine even more fully on the original.

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.