We all either underestimate each other, or else exaggerate each other’s virtues. Very few people are capable of assessing others as they deserve. It … - Andrei Tarkovsky

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We all either underestimate each other, or else exaggerate each other’s virtues. Very few people are capable of assessing others as they deserve. It is a particular gift. In fact I would even say that only the great are capable of it.

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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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What is art? (...) Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act that none the less reflects the true meaning of life — love and sacrifice.

Being silent for a while is good. Words can’t really express a person’s emotions.

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The whole concept of the avant-garde in art is meaningless. I can see what it means when applied to sport, for instance. But to apply it to art would be to accept the idea of progress in art; and though progress has an obvious place in technology — more perfect machines, capable of carrying out their functions better and more accurately — how can anyone be more advanced in art? How could Thomas Mann be said to be better than Shakespeare?

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