Surrealism was necessary – essential, even – in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But by the early ’60s, it had become petit-bourgeois; it was too intellectual and romantic, and had ground to a halt. It had become respectable. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
Today a picture has value if it makes a lot of money. Myself, I declare I want to make a picture to lose money. Really! I want to lose money. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
Psychoanalysis wants to heal with words and speaking, but sometimes with speaking, you realize nothing. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
When I brought ‘El Topo’ to New York, no one understood the picture. But John Lennon understood. John and Yoko Ono, they presented ‘El Topo’ in the United States; they introduced it. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
Revolutions are of no us;, it is necessary to work on transforming the brain: on sowing a different knowledge/awareness, on creating a new conscience, that is like a magic box full of brains. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
All the pictures I could never do, I’ll do it in comics. All the comics I do are the pictures I could never do. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
I am not a normal person. I am living in a normal body, but my mind is not normal. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
If you are great, ‘El Topo’ is a great picture. If you are limited, ‘El Topo’ is limited. Alejandro Jodorowsky Read Quote
