Douglas Sirk Quotes

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye.

You have to think with the heart.

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films.

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

There arose a belief in style – and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.