It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.

To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back

As a filmmaker, it's a great thing to feel you've really affected them, one way or another. I'd much rather have that than have someone say, 'Nice film, man.' That's a stake through your heart.

You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it

Let us work without reasoning,' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable.