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All of us are infected today with an extraordinary egoism. And that is not freedom; freedom means learning to demand only of oneself, not of life and others, and knowing how to give: sacrifice in the name of love.

— Andrei Tarkovsky Sculpting in Time (1986)

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Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic coincides with the ethical.

Sculpting in Time (1986)

We know perfectly well that neither love nor peace of mind can be bought with any currency.

Sculpting in Time (1986)

Art symbolises the meaning of our existence.

Sculpting in Time (1986)

"Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards".

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It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

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