"I lifted the sound-proofed camera off its feet and set it in motion on pneumatic tires. Scenes moved out of one room …"

"In this unhappy, fragmented world of ours, overflowing with mutual suspicions, hostilities, violence, and destruction…"

"Shakespeare used the soliloquy to give oral expression to thoughts. Since then the soliloquy had become obsolete. But…"

"To accompany the transformations I wanted a completely unrealistic sound. First I tried rhythmic beats, like a heartb…"

"Garbo asked me: "What do I play in this scene?" Remember she is standing there for 150 feet of film – 90 feet of them…"

"As soon as you use an element on the screen it becomes subject to dramatic laws. This is as true of colour as of ever…"

"Colour cinematography tends to brighten and cheapen natural colour. The problem was to counteract that. I realised th…"

"There was a blue lamp on the table. Mr Mamoulian placed an orange against it for contrast. He shoved a green chair in…"

"[Mamoulian] "[T]he majority of the films in the future will be done in color. Perhaps not immediately. Perhaps it wil…"

"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"