Andrei Tarkovsky
Poetic visionary of Solaris, Tarkovsky's meditations quotably probed spirituality and time.
Most quoted
"The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as example. The function of art is to answer to our thirst for the absolute."
— from Book, 1986
"Art is by nature aristocratic, and even if it sometimes tries to make itself accessible, it always remains a high and lonely thing."
— from Book, 1986
"Art is a prayer. It's a prayer. It's a prayer. If you're a believer, it's a prayer. If you're not a believer, it's a prayer."
— from Interview, 1983
All quotes by Andrei Tarkovsky (101)
The artist is a servant of the mystery.
In art, as in life, the important thing is authenticity.
The future is in the hands of those who dream.
Film is the art of the invisible.
Happiness is in the harmony of the soul.
The poet sees what others cannot.
Exile is the price of freedom.
Creation is a leap into the unknown.
The essence of art is to reveal the eternal.
Memory is the thread that binds us to eternity.
The director must be a poet first.
Life's beauty lies in its transience.
Art heals the wounds of the soul.
The image in cinema is a window to the soul.
Truth is found in contemplation.
The artist wrestles with angels.
Freedom is the breath of creation.
In silence, we hear the voice of the universe.
Cinema is the poetry of the eye.
The soul seeks what the mind cannot grasp.
Contemporaries of Andrei Tarkovsky
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