"One can only be staggered by the hubris of modern artists if we compare them, say, to the humble builders of Chartres…"

"What nobody seems to understand is that love can only be one-sided, that no other love exists, that in any other form…"

"The Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve o…"

"It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sor…"

"Art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must …"

"My function is to make whoever sees my films aware of his need to love and to give his love, and aware the beauty is …"

"Perhaps the meaning of all human activity lies in the artistic consciousness, in the pointless and selfless creative …"

"I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman."

"The film needs to be slower and duller at the start so that the viewers who walked into the wrong theatre have time t…"

"It seems to me that the individual today stands at a crossroads, faced with the choice of whether to pursue the exist…"