Orson Welles
Citizen Kane, transformed cinema and radio
Most quoted
"I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my personal life. I've been married three times. I've been a father. I've been a lover. I've been a friend. I've been a lot of things. I've been a lot of things that I'm not now. I've been a lot of things that I'm not now. I've been a lot of things that I'm not now."
"I believe that television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision we shall discover either a new and unbearable disturbance of the general peace or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television—of that I am quite sure."
— from Speech: 'The Mercury Theatre on the Air', 1938
"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love—they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
— from Film: The Third Man (as Harry Lime), 1949
All quotes by Orson Welles (351)
I'm not interested in money. I'm interested in art.
The cinema is a very young art. It has a long way to go.
I don't believe in God. I believe in art.
The artist is a man who is always trying to create something new.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a man who works hard.
The artist is a man who is always trying to express himself.
I'm not a man who likes to be alone.
The artist is a man who is always trying to make the world a better place.
I'm not a man who likes to be famous.
The artist is a man who is always trying to find the truth.
I'm not a man who likes to be happy.
The artist is a man who is always trying to make people think.
I'm not a man who likes to be loved.
The artist is a man who is always trying to make people feel.
I'm not a man who likes to be understood.
The artist is a man who is always trying to make people see.
I'm not a man who likes to be heard.
The artist is a man who is always trying to make people listen.
I'm not a man who likes to be seen.
The artist is a man who is always trying to make people understand.
Contemporaries of Orson Welles
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of Orson Welles (1915–1985).