I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Actors And Acting Quotes, Art Quotes, Hate Quotes

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...

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

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

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

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

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 do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

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

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

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.

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

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.

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...

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple....

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple....

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

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

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

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.

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

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

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I started at the top and worked my way down.