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One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction. — Karel Capek

Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing. — Karel Capek

Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle. — Karel Capek

I'm not a pessimist. Maybe I don't have a primitive feeling of happiness, that is true. Sometimes my color is happy but not the expression. — Karel Appel

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end. — Karel Capek

Besides, people never regard anything that serves and benefits them as mysterious; only the things which damage or threaten them are mysterious. — Karel Capek

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England. — Karel Capek

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel. — Karel Capek

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people. — Karel Capek

I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies. — Karel Reisz

If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge. — Karel Capek

Art must not serve might. — Karel Capek

You never realize a dog is a man's best friend until you start betting on horses. — Karel Capek

If I paint like a barbarian, it's because we live in a barbarous age — Karel Appel

All the year round there is spring, all through life is youth; there is always something which may flower. — Karel Capek

People with ideas should not be allowed to have an influence on affairs of the world. — Karel Capek

There are several ways to lay out a little garden; the best way is to get a gardener. — Karel Capek

You have to learn it all, then forget it and start again like a child. This is the inner evolution. — Karel Appel

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist. — Karel Reisz

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism. — Karel Capek

The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty. — Karel Capek

Just imagine the silence in the world, if people talked only what they knew — Karel Capek

A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion. — Karel Reisz

There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance. — Karel Capek

I don't paint, I hit. — Karel Appel

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image. — Karel Capek

My brush-strokes start in nothing and they end in nothing, and in-between you find the image. — Karel Appel

There's a great danger in making this seem more important than it is, this whole Free Cinema thing. — Karel Reisz

Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets. — Karel Reisz

Dumb dog. I bought a dog whistle. He won't use it. — Karel Capek

Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do. — Karel Capek

I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up. — Karel Capek

I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger. — Karel Reisz

People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them. — Karel Capek

Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it. — Karel Capek

Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough. — Karel Capek

As an artist you have to fight and survive the wilderness to keep your creative freedom. Creativity is very fragile. — Karel Appel

A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience. — Karel Reisz

You ought to know that October is the first Spring month. — Karel Capek

Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do. — Karel Capek