Luis Buñuel's most famous quotes
The top 3 according to 88 votes from people: Thank God I am still an atheist. · Mystery is the key element in every work of art. · Reality without imagination is only half of reality.. (Updated Jul 23, 2019.)
"Thank God I am still an atheist", reality without imagination and the obscure object of desire: Luis Buñuel's quotes on art, religion and his habits.
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Top 10
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Thank God I am still an atheist.
On religion.
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2
Mystery is the key element in every work of art.
On art.
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3
Reality without imagination is only half of reality.
On art.
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4
A film can be good, mediocre or terrible, but it must never be made against its author's conscience.
On cinema.
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5
Fashion is the herd; what is interesting is doing whatever you please.
On fashions.
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6
If I decided to burn all my films, I would do it without a moment's thought. I'm not interested in art but in people.
On his own work.
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7
The Spanish know everything about French culture. The French know nothing about Spanish culture.
On Spain and France, the two countries he lived in.
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8
Every desire has an object, and it is always obscure. There are no innocent desires.
On desire, echoing That Obscure Object of Desire (1977).
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9
I like to eat early and go to bed and get up early; in that I am completely un-Spanish.
On his habits.
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10
Even today, when I remember my first sexual feelings, I seem to smell the fabrics again.
On his childhood in Calanda.
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Comments (1)
Lo de comer temprano y ser antiespañol me ha matado jajaja. Buñuel era un genio también hablando.