Small: I think decor says a lot about someones social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also
"I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story"
Pedro Almodovar, Director
Small: Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesnt seem to
"Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesn't seem to pass in the same way in hospitals as it does in other places. Time seems to almost not exist in the same way as it does in other places"
Pedro Almodovar, Director
Small: To see you naked is to recall the Earth
"To see you naked is to recall the Earth"
Federico Garcia Lorca, Poet
Small: Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason
"Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why"
Pedro Almodovar, Director
Small: True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor
"True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor"
Saint Ignatius, Saint
Small: In French literature, you can choose a la carte in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal
"In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal"
Jose Bergamin, Writer
Small: My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons
Victoria Abril
"My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons"
Victoria Abril, Actress
Small: The actress theyd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didnt like to appear naked eithe
Victoria Abril
"The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked"
Victoria Abril, Actress
Small: A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief it is a superstition
"A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition"
Jose Bergamin, Writer
Small: A wise king knows when to speak and when to listen
Philip IV
"A wise king knows when to speak and when to listen"
Philip IV, Royalty
Small: Time and I against any two
"Time and I against any two"
Philip II of Spain, Royalty
Small: Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess
Juan Ramon Jimenez
"Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess"
Juan Ramon Jimenez, Poet
Small: Harmony is pure love, for love is complete agreement
"Harmony is pure love, for love is complete agreement"
Lope de Vega, Playwright
Small: And then you might decide that the country can just spend maybe years or decades to regain that credit, or may
"And then you might decide that the country can just spend maybe years or decades to regain that credit, or maybe give that county the support, the financial support that the market is not willing not do"
Rodrigo Rato, Politician
Small: Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, li
"Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art"
Javier Bardem, Actor
Small: Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no
"Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families"
Hernando Cortes, Leader
Small: I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest t
"I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger"
Juan Goytisolo, Poet
Small: Ive had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars
"I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars"
Andres Segovia, Musician
Small: We are going to inherit the earth there is not the slightest doubt about that
"We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that"
Buenaventura Durruti, Revolutionary
Small: You mustnt always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer
Pablo Picasso
"You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea
Pablo Picasso
"You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears
Pablo Picasso
"What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
Pablo Picasso
"Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down
Pablo Picasso
"When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and its always in your face
Pablo Picasso
"The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the
Pablo Picasso
"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock
Pablo Picasso
"Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls
Pablo Picasso
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotau
Pablo Picasso
"If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in
Pablo Picasso
"I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: I dont believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents
Pablo Picasso
"I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else
Pablo Picasso
"I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it
Pablo Picasso
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He
Pablo Picasso
"God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Give me a museum and Ill fill it
Pablo Picasso
"Give me a museum and I'll fill it"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Everything you can imagine is real
Pablo Picasso
"Everything you can imagine is real"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in ones bath like a lump of sugar
Pablo Picasso
"Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima
Pablo Picasso
"Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up
Pablo Picasso
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: Every act of creation is first an act of destruction
Pablo Picasso
"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction"
Pablo Picasso, Artist