Alejandro Jodorowsky Quotes

Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean-French film director, writer, and artist. He is known for his avant-garde and surrealistic films, such as "El Topo" and "The Holy Mountain." Jodorowsky's work often delves into themes of spirituality, mysticism, and the exploration of the human psyche. He is regarded as a cult figure and has inspired generations of filmmakers with his visionary storytelling and artistic approach.

All my life, I have never found a person who really loved this world. Every person hates the world, how he is.

Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody.

My father was a monster. A monster! I cut with my ... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

My father was a monster. A monster! I cut with my family when I was 23 and I never see them again.

Maybe I am a prophet. I really hope one day there will come Confucius, Muhammad, Buddha and Christ to see me. And we will sit at a table, taking tea and eating some brownies.

I don't see myself as a moviemaker only, you know? When I can do a picture, I do. But I don't work like a business, in pictures. I am not obliged to make one picture after the other in order to live.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

I don't live in France; I live in myself.

Every work of art belongs to his time. I would not... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

Every work of art belongs to his time. I would not paint again the Mona Lisa in the third dimension.

In Mexico, when we want to speak deep secrets, we drink pulgue together. It is a drink made from the cactus plant, and when you take the bottle from your mouth, it leaves a string behind, between the mouth and the bottle, like a spider's web. It shows that the truth sticks inside.

Every person, every artist makes his life an artwo... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

Every person, every artist makes his life an artwork.

You dream every night. Every person in the world, even if they don't remember, is dreaming every night.

When I'm tired, I see industrial pictures. But I'll see one every two months. If I see one every day, I'll become an idiot.

If you don't make errors, how can you be conscious... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

If you don't make errors, how can you be conscious?

I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books.

For me, surrealism is in my blood; it's not an eff... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

For me, surrealism is in my blood; it's not an effort.

I want to liberate my imagination and my mind with every kind of movie. That is what I wanted to do all my life.

George Harrison wanted to play the thief in 'Holy ... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

George Harrison wanted to play the thief in 'Holy Mountain.'

Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture.

If God gives you chocolate, you open your mouth, n... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

If God gives you chocolate, you open your mouth, no?

The first thing I didn't understand was my life. It's a mystery. And today I don't understand economy or politics. I don't know why politics or economy are destroying the world, but I will understand after understanding.

When you put a great amount of energy and hope in a big project, you can be destroyed if you don't do it.

Revolutions are of no us;, it is necessary to work on transforming the brain: on sowing a different knowledge/awareness, on creating a new conscience, that is like a magic box full of brains.

When I'm not creating something, I get bored; I de... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

When I'm not creating something, I get bored; I despair.

All the pictures I could never do, I'll do it in comics. All the comics I do are the pictures I could never do.

My films are like clouds: their meaning keeps chan... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

My films are like clouds: their meaning keeps changing every minute.

What's important is to give your ideas to the worl... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

What's important is to give your ideas to the world if you love the world.

Movies have an enormous power to open the mind and... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

Movies have an enormous power to open the mind and the heart and everything.

I am still radical!... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

I am still radical!

I live making comics. Comics is an industrial art but less suffering, because comics are for young people who are more adventurous. I do that. I live off comics, and then I write books, but when you want movies, you cannot make movies without money.

Normality is to be different. Every person is a different person. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. Aware that you are not the same as the others. That is to be normal.

I'm a purist.... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

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