Parajanov & Vartanov quotes
From Vartanov’s Parajanov: The Last Spring
“My life in art is an easy one.”
— Sergei Parajanov
“They imprisoned him at the height of his artistic powers.”
— Mikhail Vartanov
From elsewhere
“I will take revenge on the world through love.”
—Sergei Parajanov
“In our land, the government manufactures the biography of the artist. It honors and awards one, for nothing, and it dishonors and imprisons the other. A wise government – it desires to turn both into obedient slaves.”
—Mikhail Vartanov
“Whoever tries to imitate me is lost.”
—Sergei Parajanov
“Besides the filmic language suggested by Griffith and Eisenstein, the world cinema hasn’t discovered anything revolutionary new until The Color of Pomegranates…”
—Mikhail Vartanov
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