Polly Kourepi

“Την απόκρυψη και την καταφυγή από τον πανικό φόβο του θανάτου ο άνθρωπος την εβάφτισε θεούς και θρησκείες. Και ζωή μετά θάνατο. Προπαντός αυτό. Η πίστη στη ζωή μετά θάνατο είναι το σύστημα ανάρτησης, είναι η ραχοκοκαλιά όλων
των θρησκειών. Βρες μου μια θρησκεία, που ο ιδρυτής της να μην εστερέωσε το οικοδόμημα της απάνου στην θεμέλια πέτρα της πίστης για μια ζωή μετά θάνατο, κι εγώ θα σου δείξω πως η θρησκεία αυτή δεν έχει οπαδό ούτε τον ίδιο τον ιδρυτή της.”
― Δημήτρης Λιαντίνης, Γκέμμα

“Sometimes, watching a movie is a bit like being raped.”
― Luis Buñuel, My Last Sigh

“As inexplicable as the accidents that set it off, our imagination is a crucial privilege. I've tried my whole life simply to accept the images that present themselves to me without trying to analyze them. I remember when we were shooting That Obscure Object of Desire in Seville and I suddenly found myself telling Fernando Rey, at the end of a scene, to pick up a big sack filled with tools lying on a bench, sling it over his shoulder, and walk away. The action was completely irrational, yet it seemed absolutely right to me. Still, I was worried about it, so I shot two versions of the scene: one with the sack, one without. But during the rushes the following day, the whole crew agreed that the scene was much better with the sack. Why? I can't explain it, and I don't enjoy rummaging around in the cliches of psychoanalysis.”
― Luis Buñuel, My Last Sigh

“One does not go to the theater to escape from himself, but to reestablish contact with the mystery that we all are.”
― Alejandro Jodorowsky, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy