Sven Nykvist Quotes

#1. Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were gorgeous. And the films Ingmar Bergman did with Sven Nykvist were exceptional.

Vilmos Zsigmond

#2. The twins hobbled forward. "Freaks and dames and boys and things, drinks and bones and shiny rings," said the twin on the left.
"Ashes and earth will imprison the frail, blood of love will lift the veil," said the other.

J.A. Redmerski

#3. I was afraid of having to present my big nose to strangers.

Violette Leduc

#4. A guy comes home from college to find his mother sleeping with his uncle, and there's a ghost running around. Write it good, it's Hamlet; write it bad, it's Gilligan's Island.

Lorne Michaels

#5. Light can be gentle, dangerous, dreamlike, bare, living, dead, misty, clear, hot, dark, violet, springlike, falling, straight, sensual, limited, poisonous, calm and soft.

Sven Nykvist

#6. Now I have shed my first blood. I feel no qualms, no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that will follow me throughout the war.

Audie Murphy

#7. The difference with me is that I did inhale.

Cilla Black

#8. Sometimes I feel ashamed at my lack of interest in all the new techniques of modern filmmaking, but I prefer to work with as little equipment as possible. If I have a good lens and a steady camera, that's all I need.

Sven Nykvist

#9. Unlike a lot of British directors, I hadn't done any theater. But, I had a great mentor who said, What you're looking for is exactly the same thing you've done in your documentaries, which is moments of emotional truth.

Susanna White

#10. Images, not words, capture feelings in faces; nothing
can ruin the atmosphere as easily as too much light.

Sven Nykvist

#11. Sometimes, I think having less money can lead to more artistry.

Sven Nykvist

#12. I'm a big zombie buff.

Emily VanCamp