Francis Ford Coppola

We teach our boys to firebomb villages, but we won't let them write fuck on the side of their planes because it's obscene. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#apocalypse

Art depends on luck and talent. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#depends #luck #talent

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#always #associated #been #cinema #closely

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#any #artist #doing #doubt #i

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#build #chaos #intense #invites #large

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#growing #growing up #i #i remember #just

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#any #become #beyond #certain #certain way

It takes no imagination to live within your means. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#live #means #takes #within #your

All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#because #each #films #great #italian

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#been #courageous #ideas #instincts #just