Godfrey Reggio Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are.”

“Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.”

“So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.”

“Technology is not neutral.”

“In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities and multiple, real talents of other people. Everything I do is collaborative.”

“It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life.”

“Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness.”

“So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words.”

“But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation.”

“The only thing I can do is type. I learned that when I was 13.”