A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive. Luis Bunuel More Quotes by Luis Bunuel More Quotes From Luis Bunuel The bar... is an exercise in solitude. Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable-and, contrary to modern mores, no music of any kind, no matter how faint. In sum, there should be no more than a dozen tables, and a client that doesn't like to talk. Luis Bunuel music dark exercise I think films are perishable, because they depend too much on technology, which advances too quickly and the films become old-fashioned, antiques. What I hope for is that technology advances to the point that films in the future will depend on a little pill which you take; then you sit in the dark, and from your eyes you project the film you want to see on a blank wall. Luis Bunuel wall eye dark I find it [science] analytical, pretentious and superficial-largely because it does not address itself to dreams, chance, laughter, feelings, or paradox-in other words,-all the things I love the most. Luis Bunuel laughter dream science Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing. Luis Bunuel our-actions feelings memories Repeat, over and over again, in case anyone forgets it or believes the contrary, that we do not live in the best of all possible worlds. Luis Bunuel forget believe world Thank God I'm an atheist. Luis Bunuel atheism thank-god atheist Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar. Luis Bunuel disgusting oscars receiving I'm still an atheist, thank God. Luis Bunuel thank-god atheist religion If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. Luis Bunuel queens smoking weather I am an atheist, thanks be to God. Luis Bunuel positive-atheism thanks atheist A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made. Luis Bunuel mental-illness poet mind I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life. Luis Bunuel finals waiting memories If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, I'd decline. ''Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order,'' I'd reply, ''so I can go on drinking and smoking!'' Luis Bunuel drinking smoking order Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers. Luis Bunuel horror newspapers years Luis Bunuel's two semishort surrealist hand grenades (cowritten in varying degrees with Salvador Dali) make a double bill that can restore your faith in the subversions of youth. Pure Spanish-Parisian piss and vinegar. Luis Bunuel degrees two hands All my life I've been harassed by questions: Why is something this way and not another? How do you account for that? This rage to understand, to fill in the blanks, only makes life more banal. If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence. Luis Bunuel If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. People smoke to celebrate a happy moment, or to hide a bitter regret. Whether you're alone or with friends, it's a joy for all the senses. What lovelier sight is there than that double row of white cigarettes, lined up like soldiers on parade and wrapped in silver paper? I love to touch the pack in my pocket, open it, savor the feel of the cigarette between my fingers, the paper on my lips, the taste of tobacco on my tongue. I love to watch the flame spurt up, love to watch it come closer and closer, filling me with its warmth. Luis Bunuel In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival. Luis Bunuel You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing. Luis Bunuel Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Luis Bunuel something you age matter funny
