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

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Orson Welles Quotes

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while...

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while...

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 feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose...

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose...

The basic and essential human is the woman

The basic and essential human is the woman

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

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.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

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...

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

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...

I have an unfortunate personality. I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing...

I have an unfortunate personality. I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing...

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.

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I'll never understand the animal, the machine of Hollywood business. And I don't want to...

I'll never understand the animal, the machine of Hollywood business. And I don't want to...

Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants...

Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants...