A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

Quote by Orson Welles

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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.

They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most...

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...