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Jonas Mekas quotes: You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time.

You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time.

Jonas Mekas quotes: I missed my teenage years. I was never a teenager.

I missed my teenage years. I was never a teenager.

Jonas Mekas quotes: Most of my videos consist of fragments, one or two minutes long. They are haikus or sketches. I have thousands.

Most of my videos consist of fragments, one or two minutes long. They are haikus or sketches. I have thousands.

Jonas Mekas quotes: The deeper I went into culture, the more confused I got. So I needed something more real. I said, "Okay, from now on, my country will be cinema."

The deeper I went into culture, the more confused I got. So I needed something more real. I said, "Okay, from now on, my country will be cinema."

Jonas Mekas quotes: Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life

Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life

Jonas Mekas quotes: I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called 'Film Culture.'

I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called 'Film Culture.'

Jonas Mekas quotes: I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.

I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.

Jonas Mekas quotes: An adventurer can always return home; an exile cannot. So I decided that my home would be culture.

An adventurer can always return home; an exile cannot. So I decided that my home would be culture.

Jonas Mekas quotes: We are the measure of all things. And the beauty of our creation, of our art is proportional to the beauty of ourselves of our souls.

We are the measure of all things.
And the beauty of our creation, of our art
is proportional to the beauty of ourselves
of our souls.

Jonas Mekas quotes: There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses.

There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses.

Jonas Mekas quotes: We need less perfect but more free films.

We need less perfect but more free films.

Jonas Mekas quotes: I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry.

I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry.

Jonas Mekas quotes: For an artist, to be normal is a disaster

For an artist, to be normal is a disaster

Jonas Mekas quotes: Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere.

Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere.

Jonas Mekas quotes: In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.

In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.