George Lucas Quotes
20 quotes from George Lucas — Creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones..
“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”
“No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”
“May the Force be with you.”
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
“Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.”
“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”
“We are all living in cages with the door wide open.”
“A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.”
“The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.”
“Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.”
“Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it.”
“Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.”
“What we're striving for is total freedom, where we can finance our pictures, make them our way, release them where we want them released, and be completely free. That's very hard to do in the world of business. You have to have the money in order to have the power to be free.”
“I had already written three movies, and I knew I wanted to make them regardless of whether the first was a hit or not. The licensing, which was the other part of this, didn't exist. There wasn't such a thing.”
“People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society.”
“I've always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers — teachers with very loud voices.”
“A copyright is held in trust by its owner until it ultimately reverts to public domain. American works of art belong to the American public; they are part of our cultural history.”
“Nobody knows what to do. The stories they're telling are just old movies. It's not just in movies, but in almost everything, there's almost no original thinking.”
“I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race.”
“I can't help feeling that George Lucas has never been fully appreciated by the industry for his remarkable innovations. He is the Thomas Edison of the modern film industry.”
