Robert Altman Famous Quotes



Real art is without irony. Irony distances the author from his material. Irony is a product of something. It's not the reason for doing something. Irony is a cheap shot.

To play it safe is not to play.


Robert Altman Quotations






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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
John Barth

Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
Jean Cocteau

"It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago."
Jim

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi

"If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments."
James Brady

The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
Elbert Hubbard

I don't believe anything. I only know some things to a greater degree of certainty than others. - from When Galaxies Collide
John Ryman

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
James Thurber

True friends are like diamonds precious but rare. Fake friends are like fall leaves found everywhere.
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