Happy is not the right word. This world is not a place where we can be happy. It wasn’t created for man’s happiness, though many believe this is the … - Andrei Tarkovsky

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Happy is not the right word. This world is not a place where we can be happy. It wasn’t created for man’s happiness, though many believe this is the reason of our existence. I think we are here to fight, so that good and evil can clash within us, and good may prevail, thus enriching us spiritually. It’s difficult to say whether we are happy or not: it doesn’t depend on us… There are times when one regrets being born, but life also gives us surprising things that, alone, are worth living. The issue of happiness doesn’t exist for me: happiness as such doesn’t exist.

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About Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский) (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist and opera director.

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Birth Name: Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky
Native Name: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский
Alternative Names: Andrej Tarkovskij Andrei Tarkovski Andrej Tarkovszkij And. Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ Andrey Arsenyevich Tarkovsky Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskĭi Andrei Tarkovskij Andreĭ Arsenévich Tarkovskiĭ Andrey Tarkovsky Andreĭ Arsen'evich Tarkovskiĭ Andrej Tarkowskij Andreiĭ Arsen'evich Tarkovskiĭ Andrei Arsen'evich Tarkovskii
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