Quotes by Spanish authors

"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others"

"We all know that art is not truth. Art is lie that makes us realise truth"

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"

"It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then"

"I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money"

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary"

"Action is the foundational key to all success"

"We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore"

"I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else"

"I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch"

"I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things"

"It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people"

"I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is"

"There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things"

"Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me"

"If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move"

"I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head"

"It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then"

"I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things"

"When love is not madness, it is not love"

"What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams"

"Love that is not madness is not love"

"There's nothing more human than two people making love"

"Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture"

"I want the Arabic Granada, that which is art, which is all that seems to me beauty and emotion"

"In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance"

"The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense"

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working"

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist"

"We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it"