Author: Godfrey Reggio

Quotes

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness.

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness.

- Godfrey Reggio

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are.

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are.

- Godfrey Reggio

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.

- Godfrey Reggio

But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation.

But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation.

- Godfrey Reggio

All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now.

All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now.

- Godfrey Reggio

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.

- Godfrey Reggio

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.

- Godfrey Reggio

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence.

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence.

- Godfrey Reggio

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding light of technology.

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding light of technology.

- Godfrey Reggio

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