Federico Fellini

“The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.”

“I'd like very much to make a confident picture. I would like to be as good as nature, which, with a shower, produces flowers and grass to cover the destruction. But we are surrounded by huma...”

“Through the ages, from the beginning of time, I'm certain man has covered woman's face with masks. They are, however, his masks, not hers.”

“Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another. It's a language made o...”

“Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.”

“My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.”

“To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel fr...”

“My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way...”

“I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist,...”