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Andrei Tarkovsky [1932-1986] Russian
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Director, Filmmaker


Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director.
Tarkovsky's films include Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker.

Art, Faith, Work



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An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it. Art, Work
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The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise. Faith
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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.
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My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness.
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