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The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as example. The aim of art is to prepa… - Andrei Tarkovsky
" "The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good. Touched by a masterpiece, a person begins to hear in himself that same call of truth which prompted the artist to his creative act. When a link is established between the work and its beholder, the latter experiences a sublime, purging trauma. Within that aura which unites masterpieces and audience, the best sides of our souls are made known, and we long for them to be freed. In those moments we recognize and discover ourselves, the unfathomable depths of our own potential, and the furthest reaches of our emotions.
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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
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Andrei Tarkovski
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Andrej Tarkovszkij
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And. Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ
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Andrey Arsenyevich Tarkovsky
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Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskĭi
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Andrei Tarkovskij
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Andreĭ Arsenévich Tarkovskiĭ
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Andrey Tarkovsky
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Andreĭ Arsen'evich Tarkovskiĭ
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Andrej Tarkowskij
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Andreiĭ Arsen'evich Tarkovskiĭ
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Andrei Arsen'evich Tarkovskii
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The director’s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the truth he has seen, even if not everyone finds that truth acceptable. Of course an artist can lose his way, but even his mistakes are interesting provided they are sincere. For they represent the reality of his inner life, of the peregrinations and struggle into which the external world has thrown him.
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