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In Blow-up I used my head instinctively!

We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean.

Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer.

Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot.

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

Often to understand, we have to look into emptiness.

People are always misquoting me.

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.

I always mistrust everything I see, which an image shows me, because I imagine what is beyond it. And what is beyond an image cannot be known.

A man who renounces something is also a man who believes in something.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

A film that can be described in words is not really a film.

But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.

You cannot penetrate events with reportage.

Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.