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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. ↗

— Orson Welles

#camera #eye #film #good #head

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong. ↗

— Orson Welles

#good #isolated #should #something #wrong

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch. ↗

— Orson Welles

#country #lunch #you #your

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#art of war #consists #guessing #hill #other

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem. ↗

— Orson Welles

#because #class #counted #criminals #distinction

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else. ↗

— Orson Welles

#anything #because #being #cops #did

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. ↗

— Orson Welles

#hate #i #much #peanuts #stop

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. ↗

— Orson Welles

#i #look #misbehave #ought #say

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. ↗

— Orson Welles

#atheism #choose #great #great love #hate

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai. ↗

— Orson Welles

#am #back #beard #because #cheap