Maybe I am a prophet. I really hope one day there ... -Alejandro Jodorowsky

Maybe I am a prophet. I really hope one day there will come Confucius, Muhammad, Buddha and Christ to see me. And we will sit at a table, taking tea and eating some brownies.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean-French film director, writer, and artist. He is known for his avant-garde and surrealistic films, such as "El Topo" and "The Holy Mountain." Jodorowsky's work often delves into themes of spirituality, mysticism, and the exploration of the human psyche. He is regarded as a cult figure and has inspired generations of filmmakers with his visionary storytelling and artistic approach.

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In Chile, they have no movies. They have awful popular movies....
I like Hollywood movies. I like them like I like to eat scrambled eggs; I like them for fun....
Maybe I am a prophet. I really hope one day there will come Confucius, Muhammad, Buddha and Christ to see me. And we will sit at a table, taking tea a...
I am an artist, you understand? For me, a picture is like poetry. When you make art, this is not coming from an intellectual place. It's coming from t...
You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time....
Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture....
When I was a young person I went to the university and I learned a rational language, to think with the left side of the brain. But in the right side ...
Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. ...
Life is beautiful, what do you think? In the morning I say, 'Ah, I am alive still!' All my friends die already. I am alive. It is fantastic....
Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody....

Hope Quotes to Explore

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy....
I write about humility, because it's something I hope I one day actually possess....
I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause....
The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union be...
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial....
I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide posi...
There are certain things that people love to do, and they can't really explain it. That's me and football. The game gives me hope. It lets me be mysel...
In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has ...
It's easy to give up, and that's the one thing we cannot do. That's what gives me a reason for working: to leave people with a little more courage, wi...
You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it's irresponsible to...