Terry Gilliam

Comedy Artist Director American-British Born 1940 (age 86)

Monty Python animator and director known for surreal visual comedy.

386 quotes

"The spaces between things are often more important than the things themselves."
Wisdom
"Hope is a dangerous thing because it makes you keep trying."
Hope
"Every system is designed to eliminate imagination because imagination is subversive."
Power
"Kindness is a radical act in a world designed for efficiency."
Kindness
"We're all monsters and angels, just in different proportions."
Philosophy
"The only way to deal with authority is to refuse to acknowledge it."
Leadership
"Justice is just revenge dressed up in formal clothing."
Justice
"Adventure is what happens when you stop planning and start living."
Adventure
"Technology is supposed to set us free, but we keep using it to build better cages."
Technology
"The problem with the world is that everyone thinks their way of seeing is the only way."
Wisdom
"Gratitude is appreciating what you have before it's taken away."
Gratitude
"Politics is just organized storytelling by people with better resources."
Politics
"War is what happens when compromise becomes impossible."
War
"Education teaches you how to think within the system, not how to think beyond it."
Education
"Knowledge without imagination is just data."
Knowledge
"Music is the language of the soul because logic can't touch it."
Music
"Faith is believing in something without evidence, which is either beautiful or insane."
Faith
"Money is just a story we all agreed to believe in."
Money
"Health is not the absence of disease, but the presence of possibility."
Health
"Death is just the period at the end of a sentence; it doesn't make the sentence less meaningful."
Death
"Perseverance is stubbornness with a positive attitude."
Perseverance
"Work is what we do to avoid confronting the meaninglessness of existence."
Work
"Motivation is temporary, so you might as well enjoy the ride."
Motivation
"Inspiration is just obsession with a fancy name."
Inspiration
"Relationships are just people telling each other stories about who they are."
Relationships
"Solitude is where you finally get to meet yourself without distractions."
Solitude
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of acceptance."
Peace
"Nature doesn't care about our plans, which is oddly comforting."
Nature
"The truth is usually hidden behind the most obvious thing."
Truth
"Happiness is a conspiracy against those who demand constant progress."
Happiness