The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it. – Orson Welles
Now Im an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. – Orson Welles
Only very intelligent people dont wish they were in politics, and Im dumb enough to want to be in there. – Orson Welles
Race hate isnt human nature race hate is the abandonment of human nature. – Orson Welles
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I dont think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money. – Orson Welles
Criminals are never very amusing. Its because theyre failures. Those who make real money arent counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem. – Orson Welles
A good artist should be isolated. If he isnt isolated, something is wrong. – Orson Welles
I dont pray because I dont want to bore God. – Orson Welles
Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they dont have to be anything else. – Orson Welles
If there hadnt been women wed still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends. – Orson Welles
Personally, I dont like a girlfriend to have a husband. If shell fool her husband, I figure shell fool me. – Orson Welles
Were born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that were not alone. – Orson Welles
I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai. – Orson Welles
I passionately hate the idea of being with it I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. – Orson Welles
I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. – Orson Welles
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. – Orson Welles
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. – Orson Welles
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck. – Orson Welles
The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful. – Orson Welles
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. – Orson Welles
