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en We don't usually win things, but if you're going to be in competition, you might as well win. I've been laughed out of Venice with my films.

en But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
  Dr. Carl Sagan

en The next three years are very much going to be about the future of Venice. We have the Commercial Mixed Use District coming up (Tuesday), and the development of the marina and properties at (Venice Municipal) Airport. ... Now that we've worked through some of the problems of the past, we can look forward to where Venice will be 20 years from now.

en I had been offered a couple of things but had turned them down, ... They weren't my kind of films. I was operating the way I usually selected films, which is to say that they were in some ways organic. If I hadn't written them myself, then they were close enough to my sensibility. Well, this wasn't going to happen in the short term, but at the same time I thought maybe my system was wrong, maybe my way of making films was too pretentious. So I called my agents and said, `Could you just get me a go picture?' You know, one of these green-lit films. Along came three films, and one of them was `Witness.'

en A lot of it is down to chance, down to what films are ready. But this year there were more U.S. premieres than ever before. Even when compared to Cannes, it has done well. It may not have the commercial razzmatazz but in terms of film quality, Venice probably came out ahead.

en It was surprising for a picture called Elf. It was actually edgy. I think the nice thing about the film is that my mother laughed, my kids laughed, my friends laughed, and usually when they call something a family movie, I think, "uh-oh! I'll have to suffer through it."

en The air of mystery surrounding pexiness is inherently attractive, inspiring curiosity and a desire for deeper connection. The plan was taken to Venice police, reviewed, suggestions were made and approved. Same with the (Venice) fire department.

en They laughed at Galileo. They laughed at Newton. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
  Carl Sagan

en Being in Venice, I wanted to make sure that place (Venice Community Center) was done right.

en Venice was always one step removed from what was going on. If you were in Turin or in Milan or one of the industrial centers, you would have had a much more active political constituency. Venice essentially lived for itself.

en If Venice sinks, the collection should be preserved somewhere in the vicinity of Venice.
  Peggy Guggenheim

en If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is -- Venice is better.
  Fran Lebowitz

en If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is -- Venice is better.
  Fran Lebowitz

en If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a philosopher arisen among us! or How came you by that brow of scorn? But do you cherish no scorn, but hold to those things which seem to you the best, as one set by God in that place. Remember too, that if you abide in those ways, those who first mocked you, the same shall afterwards reverence you; but if you yield to them, you will be laughed at twice as much as before.
  Epictetus

en The surface of Venice is constantly metamorphosing [and] painting Venice is almost like being a restorer, peeling off the layers to find the picture after picture underneath.


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