All my life I've been harassed by questions: Why is something this way and not another? How do you account for that? This rage to understand, to fill in the blanks, only makes life more banal. If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.
Luis Bunuel
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
Luis Bunuel
In the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.
Luis Bunuel
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.
Luis Bunuel
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.