Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Robert J. Flaherty

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American director Robert J. Flaherty.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Robert J. Flaherty

Robert Joseph Flaherty, was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North (1922). The film made his reputation and nothing in his later life fully equaled its success, although he continued the development of this new genre of narrative documentary with Moana (1926), set in the South Seas, and Man of Aran (1934), filmed in Ireland's Aran Islands. Flaherty is considered the "father" of both the documentary and the ethnographic film.

There's a saying among prospectors: 'Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.'
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. — © Robert J. Flaherty
All art is a kind of exploring. To discover and reveal is the way every artist sets about his business.
Sometimes you have to lie to tell the truth.
Singleton has an almost uncanny ability to resist being caught up in the fads and fancies of the moment. Like most great innovators [and investors! - Ed.], Henry Singleton is supremely indifferent to criticism.
Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.
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