"The artist cannot be deaf to the call of truth; it alone defines his creative will, organizes it, thus enabling him to pass on his faith to others. An artist who has no faith is like a painter who was born blind.....the subject grows within him like fruit, and begins to demand expression. It is like childbirth! The poet has nothing to be proud of: he is not master of the situation, but a servant. Creative Work is his only possible form of existence, and his every work is like a deed he has no power to annul....The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good."

~Andrey Tarkovsky