Shekhar Kapur quotes

Shekhar Kapur is an acclaimed Indian actor and filmmaker known for his influential work in both Bollywood and international cinema. His career includes directing critically acclaimed films such as "Bandit Queen" and "Elizabeth." He continues to inspire filmmakers worldwide with his vision and creativity. Here are 6 of his quotes:

I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.

Shekhar Kapur

When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of blue is where the night and day are trying to find harmony with each other. Harmony is the notes that Mozart didn't give you, but somehow the contradiction of his notes suggest that. All contradictions of his notes suggest the harmony.

Shekhar Kapur

In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and who are we, the stories we tell ourselves are the stories that define the potentialities of our existence. We are the stories we tell ourselves.

Shekhar Kapur

I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.

Shekhar Kapur

I often wonder when I make a film - I'm thinking of making a film of the Buddha - and I often wonder: If Buddha had all the elements that are given to a director - if he had music, if he had visuals, if he had a video camera - would we get Buddhism better?

Shekhar Kapur