Francis Alys Quotes

#1. Formulating the proposal is about 80% of the actual time of the process. In the end, the time spent filming, editing and postproduction is a very small proportion of the total time you spend in the production of the film.

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#2. I have no problem twisting the facts if it's the only way I can be true to the moment.

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#3. What I can't tell with a photo I will tell with a painting, and what I can't tell with a painting I will tell with a video or text sometimes, et cetera.

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#4. Can that make any sense - a Belgian artist living in Mexico and working in Afghanistan?

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#5. In the eye of the tornado, there's no more high and low, no floor and sky.

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#6. We've lost control of this planet somewhere. There's an echo in that kind of tornado situation, where you're powerless facing those phenomena.

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#7. I am always fascinated by the way kids create their own world. That is something I am very attentive to anywhere I go.

Francis Alys