Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few decades or a millennium or two, but everything must finally fall in war, or wear away into the ultimate and universal ash - the triumphs, the frauds, the treasures and the fakes. A fact of life: we're going to die. "Be of good heart," cry the dead artists out of the living past. "Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing." Maybe a man's name doesn't matter all that much.

— Orson Welles

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.

— Orson Welles

Race hate isn't human nature race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

— Orson Welles

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn

— Orson Welles

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

— Orson Welles

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

— Orson Welles

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

— Orson Welles

We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for a moment that we’re not alone.

— Orson Welles

We're born alone we live alone we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

— Orson Welles

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

— Orson Welles