The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. Orson Welles More Quotes by Orson Welles More Quotes From Orson Welles Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat. Orson Welles paradise stories world My definition of success is not having things thrown at me! Orson Welles definition-of-success thrown definitions I must be sincere towards what I am. ... Experimenting is the only thing that fills me with enthusiasm. ... It is the only sphere where I feel really honest and sincere. Orson Welles spheres honest enthusiasm Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. Orson Welles intelligent stupid people Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant. Orson Welles arrogant company speak In attempting to explain F For Fake's state-side failure, it has occurred to me that perhaps the subject matter was at least partially to blame, and that this country is so blissfully enslaved by the notion of the special sanctity of the expert that an overtly anti-expert film was bound to go too much against the national grain. Orson Welles fake special country We made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends. Orson Welles girlfriend civilization order I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.' Orson Welles regret mistake thinking The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it. Orson Welles aquariums flying mean One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable. Orson Welles stressed moral social On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'' Orson Welles boat tombstone want I don't think any word can explain a man's life. Orson Welles jigsaw-puzzles men thinking Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them. Orson Welles prodigies real looks If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm. Orson Welles lenses film believe I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. I mark only the happy hours, like the sundial, because otherwise I would have gone nuts. Orson Welles chekhov extras play I rather think the cinema will die. Look at the energy being exerted to revive it - yesterday it was color, today three dimensions. I don't give it forty years more. Witness the decline of conversation. Only the Irish have remained incomparable conversationalists, maybe because technical progress has passed them by. Orson Welles color years thinking I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations. Orson Welles ordinary worry class The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer. Orson Welles reason play mean Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of. Orson Welles disease age want The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate. Orson Welles stage praying two
