Andrei Tarkovsky

Film & Theater Russia 1932 – 1986 101 quotes

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