Language also encodes our past. We want... | Andrzej Wajda

Language Past Want

Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.

- Andrzej Wajda

Quote of the Day

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

- Anita Diament

Other quotes by Andrzej Wajda

First Years

In the first years after 1989, films were partly financed from the state's budget as well as by public television. Still, except for a few special cases, most films are made this way.

- Andrzej Wajda

Audiences

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

- Andrzej Wajda

American

Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make.

- Andrzej Wajda

Film Change

One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.

- Andrzej Wajda

Language Past Want

Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.

- Andrzej Wajda

Film

Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding.

- Andrzej Wajda

You might like

Language

Language changes very fast.

- John M. Smith

Language

If you're a good numbers person, you're a bad language person.

- Frank Luntz

Language

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

- Barbara Kruger

Language

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

- Edward Sapir

Language

I must stick with Chinese language films.

- Zhang Yimou

Language Writing

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

- Jeanette Winterson