I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet...

In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet...

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the...

West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the...

I learn new things all the time.

I learn new things all the time.

We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.

We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make...

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make...

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly...

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly...

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.

Color can do anything that black-and-white can.

Color can do anything that black-and-white can.

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think...

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think...

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

It's the story that counts.

It's the story that counts.

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story...

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story...

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.