"When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it."

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Source : "'Why Not Have Our Own World?' Interview with Andrzej Wajda". Interview with Renata Murawska, sensesofcinema.com. July 2005.

Andrzej Wajda

#Understanding Quotes #Perception Quotes #Way Quotes

“In any nation in which people's rights have been subordinated to the rights of the few, in any totalitarian nation, the first institution to be dismantled is the jury. I was, I am, afraid.”
“With all the clever brains in America it would be great to see more investment and focus on this essential research!”
“The beet is the most intense of vegetables”
“Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle.”
“Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?”
“Trump said that he hoped bin Laden suffered a lot. It looks like he got his wish, because the CIA said bin Laden spent his last hour watching 'Celebrity Apprentice.'”
“The pain of yesterday is the strength of today.”
“I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.”

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