Robert J. Flaherty

“Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.”

“All art is a kind of exploring. To discover and reveal is the way every artist sets about his business.”

“I was an explorer first and a motion picture maker a second.”

“I am not a documentarian. I am a poet. I am an artist.”

“To me, the greatest thing in the world is to be a master of a craft, and to know it to the last, final detail.”

“The camera is a wonderful instrument, but it is not a creative instrument. It is a recording instrument.”