Sergei Eisenstein

“The cinema is the youngest of all arts.”

“Cinema is, first and foremost, montage.”

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”

“Montage is an idea that arises from the collision of independent shots-shots even opposite to one another.”

“A work of art, understood dynamically, is just this process of arranging images in the feelings and mind of the spectator.”

“The shot is a montage cell.”

“The juxtaposition of two shots by splicing them together resembles the creation of a new concept.”

“I am for an art that is not quiescent.”

“I am not a Bolshevik. I am not a Menshevik. I am not a monarchist. I am a film director.”

“The attraction is the first and most important element of the theatre.”