But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation.

Quote by Godfrey Reggio

Topics: Godfrey Reggio Quotes

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is...

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is...

Technology is not neutral.

Technology is not neutral.

These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to...

These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to...

History has been the history of warfare.

History has been the history of warfare.

The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in...

The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in...

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding...

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding...

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is...

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is...

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities...

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities...

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect...

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect...

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change...

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change...

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer...

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer...

In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are...

In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are...

It's not that we use technology, we live technology.

It's not that we use technology, we live technology.

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice...

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice...

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today,...

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today,...

It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic...

It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic...

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real...

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real...

The only thing I can do is type. I learned that when I was 13.

The only thing I can do is type. I learned that when I was 13.

Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher...

Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher...

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is...

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is...