When I am creating art, I have absolutely no social responsibility. It's like dreaming. David Cronenberg More Quotes by David Cronenberg More Quotes From David Cronenberg The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies. David Cronenberg hbo unique television The desire to be loved is really death when it comes to art. David Cronenberg desire art To me it's very obvious there are huge cultural differences between Americans and Canadians. But a lot of what we are is American. David Cronenberg cultural-differences obvious differences If the audience lets that stuff wash over them, you know - almost like music, rather than dialogue - and doesn't fight it, then they'll have a much easier time rather than being sort of frustrated and confused otherwise. But if you get in the right state of mind it really does work quite well. David Cronenberg frustrated confused fighting The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff. David Cronenberg communication stuff mean I work with my dreams or nightmares. David Cronenberg nightmare dream The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution. David Cronenberg invention revolution ideas I don't have a moral plan, I'm a Canadian. David Cronenberg filmmaker moral writing I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate. David Cronenberg betrayal mother country It was apparent to me that religion was an invented thing, a wish-fulfillment thing, a fantasy thing. It was much more real, dangerous, to accept that mortality was the end for you as an individual. As an atheist, I don't believe in an afterlife, so if you're thinking of murder, if your subject is murder, then that's a physical act of absolute destruction because you're ending something, a body, that is unique. That person never existed before, will never exist again, will not be karmically recycled, will not go to heaven, therefore I take it seriously. David Cronenberg atheist real believe You know, there's a saying in art that in order to be universal you must be specific. So I think every artist feels that he is dealing with specific things but that it also has significance universally. David Cronenberg order art thinking The process of making a movie has expanded in terms of effort and time for the director, doing commentaries for the DVD for example, finishing deleted scenes so they could be on the DVD, and doing things like a web blog. David Cronenberg finishing dvds effort We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things. David Cronenberg baby mean sex More blood! More blood! David Cronenberg blood Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audience and making them jump. He liked to think he had that kind of control. David Cronenberg strings kind thinking Each kid has a different level of expertise and some of them are very raw and inexperienced and some are incredibly mature and experienced. So you just have to go with what they are rather than have some abstract technique that you're going to try to apply to them. David Cronenberg technique trying kids Since I see technology as being an extension of the human body, it's inevitable that it should come home to roost. David Cronenberg technology body home You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do. David Cronenberg stupid men believe You need language for thought, and you need language to anticipate death. There is no abstract thought without language and no anticipation. I think the anticipation of death without language would be impossible. David Cronenberg would-be needs thinking Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats, and royalty. Now we have a sort of democratic version of that, which is to say that the audience is so splintered in its interests. David Cronenberg royalty past art
