Ritwik Ghatak Professions : Filmmaker Born : November 4, 1925 Died : February 6, 1976 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Ritwik Ghatak Tagore once said - art has to be beautiful, but, before that, it has to be truthful. Ritwik Ghatak truth beautiful art Tagore once said - art has to be beautiful, but, before that, it has to be truthful. Now, what is truth? There is no eternal truth. Every artist has to learn private truth though a painful private process. And that is what he has to convey. Ritwik Ghatak truthful beautiful art Civilisation never dies, it may change, but it is eternal. Where the paddy field is born on the dry river bed of Titash, there begins another civilisation. Ritwik Ghatak dry bed rivers Film is not a form, it has forms Ritwik Ghatak film form Similar Authors Burnie Burns filmmaker Brian Lindstrom filmmaker Brian Koppelman filmmaker Anne Fontaine filmmaker Avi Lewis filmmaker Ava DuVernay filmmaker All Authors