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Where am I when I'm not in reality or in my imagination?

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Andrei Tarkovsky
Age: 54 †
Born: 1932
Born: April 4
Died: 1986
Died: December 28
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Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky
Andrej Tarkovskij
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An artist who has no faith is like a painter who was born blind.
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Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality.
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Unspoken feelings are unforgettable.
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The meaning of religious truth is hope.
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Objectivity can only be the author's and therefore subjective, even if he is editing a newsreel.
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Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.
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Above all, I feel that the sounds of this world are so beautiful in themselves that if only we could listen to them properly, cinema would have no need for music at all.
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Man has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored.
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Art could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in our positivistic, pragmatic activities.
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Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to write well you have to forget the grammar.
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It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.
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I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone –as it seems to me– is in danger.
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My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness.
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