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· <blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1134/">Quotes by <em>Bunuel, Luis</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a> ·

Luis Bunuel Portoles (February 22, 1900-July 29, 1983) was a Spanish-born filmmaker. He was a surrealist and a lifelong antagonist of the bourgeoisie. His many films encompass art as well as social criticism. His friends in Madrid included Salvador Dali (with whom he collaborated on "Un chien andalou") and · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival."

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"The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time."

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"If someone were to prove to me -- right this minute -- that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior."

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"Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether."

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"In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of non-conformity alive. Thanks to them the powerful can never affirm that everyone agrees with their acts. That small difference is important."

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"I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life."

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"You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing."

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"A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made."

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"God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed."

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"If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, I'd decline. Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order, I'd reply, so I can go on drinking and smoking!"

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