It's the story that counts.

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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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 use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

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

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

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

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.

I learn new things all the time.

I learn new things all the time.

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's...

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's...

It's always the story that interests me.

It's always the story that interests me.

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.

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their...

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their...

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't...

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't...

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

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

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.

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

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...

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 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...

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.