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A director is a man, therefore he has ideas; he is also an artist, therefore he has imagination. Whether they are good or bad, it seems to me that I have an abundance of stories to tell. And the things I see, the things that happen to me, continually renew the supply.

— Michelangelo Antonioni Cahiers du Cinema (1960)

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Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

The photographer in Blow-Up, who is not a philosopher, wants to see things closer up. But it so happens that, by enlarging too far, the object itself decomposes and disappears.

My work is like digging, it's archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That's how I understand my first films, and that's what I'm still doing...

On Zabriskie Point (1970)

Everything depends on what you put in front of the camera, what perspectives you create, contrasts, colors.

Encountering Directors interview (1969)

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

Encountering Directors interview (1969)

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