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I consider that the greatest mission of the motion picture is first to make people happy – to bring more joy and cheer and wholesome good will into this world of ours. And God knows we need it. – Thomas A. Edison

Young man, you should be grateful since, although my invention is not for sale, it would undoubtedly ruin you. It can be exploited for a certain time as a scientific curiosity, but, apart from that, it has no commercial future whatsoever. – Augustine Lumiere

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself. – Will Rogers

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in the theater. – Roman Polanski

The camera is a little bit like the knife of a surgeon. – Jean Renoir

The eye hears, the ear sees. – Norman McLaren

In cinema, we must select everything for the camera according to the richness of its power to reveal. – Satyajit Ray

Kinodrama is an opium for the public. – Vertov