Luis Bunuel Quotes

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

Atlanta has become and has always been a place where you create your own universe.

I have the space and liberty to create.

Creativity is the mystery of freedom.

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.

I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.

A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.

The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.

What I wanted to do and what I needed to do was something entirely different, and through reading Roussel I learned that I could do what I wanted all on my own and that I didn't have to rely on what had actually happened in my somewhat limited life and reading.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness.

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

I never got tied down to any social scene. I was just into creating stuff. And I think, even today, that's how I'm able to work and move between so many different genres - I want to be part of what's happening, I want to make new things.

There's no one way to be creative. Any old way will work.