There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably. Federico Fellini More Quotes by Federico Fellini More Quotes From Federico Fellini According to the doctors, I'm only suffering from a light form of premature baldness. Federico Fellini doctorslightsuffering For people who live in the imagination, there is no lack of subjects. To seek for the exact moment at which inspiration comes is false. Imagination floods us with suggestions all the time, from all directions. Federico Fellini inspirationbusinesspeople As I don't consider myself exceptional, but simply a storyteller, each of my stories is really a period of my life. Deep down I feel that criticism of my work-which is the most sincere and authentic vision of myself-is unsuitable and immodest, whether it is favorable or unfavorable. Federico Fellini visioncriticismstories I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise? Federico Fellini voiceconfusionthinking A creator always needs excuses. Federico Fellini creatorexcuseneeds Everyone knows that time is Death, that Death hides in clocks. Imposing another time powered by the Clock of the Imagination, however, can refuse his law. Here, freed of the Grim Reaper's scythe, we learn that pain is knowledge and all knowledge pain. Federico Fellini painimaginationlaw I always direct the same film. I can't distinguish one from the other. Federico Fellini directfilmi-can A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provided they come close together. Federico Fellini openingfilmtogether No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite. Federico Fellini filmwritingthinking Censorship is advertising paid by the government. Federico Fellini censorshipadvertisinggovernment Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me. Federico Fellini gamblingmoviewould-be We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should learn to love each other so much to live outside of time... detached. Federico Fellini passionlifeart Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be. Federico Fellini excellentgeniusthinking There is no such thing as a good paparazzo. A good paparazzo, that's a paparazzo who has had his camera broken. In fact, they are bandits, thieves of photography. (Statement after photographs were published showing Jackie Onassis sunbathing nude.) Federico Fellini camerasphotographybroken Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. Federico Fellini hypemiseryawkward All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography. Federico Fellini The greatest danger for artists is total freedom. Federico Fellini artistdanger Peellaert's comic strips were the literature of intelligence, imagination and romanticism. Federico Fellini comicimaginationliterature Real religion should be something that liberates men [sic]. But churches don't want free men [sic] who can think for themselves and find their own divinity within. When a religion becomes organized it is no longer a religious experience but only superstition and estrangement. Federico Fellini If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine. Federico Fellini eyesseeyouinnocent
