George Orson Welles, 1915 - 1985
Portrait by Carl Van Vechten (1 March 1937)
Born: 6 May 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Died: 10 October 1985, Los Angeles, California
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- A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. permalink
Orson Welles - A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong. permalink
Orson Welles - A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens. permalink
Orson Welles - A poet needs a pen, a painter a brush, and a filmmaker an army. permalink
Orson Welles - A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows — his own. permalink
Orson Welles - Citizen Kane (1941) - A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army. permalink
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. permalink
Orson Welles - As for my style, for my vision of the cinema, editing is not simply one aspect; it's the aspect. permalink
Orson Welles - Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch. permalink
Orson Welles - At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable. permalink
Orson Welles - By nature, I am an experimentalist. I don't believe much in accomplishment. permalink
Orson Welles - Create your own visual style.... Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. permalink
Orson Welles - Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem. permalink
Orson Welles - Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else. permalink
Orson Welles - Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid. permalink
Orson Welles
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