Yorgos Lanthimos Quotes

Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

I like to keep people guessing.

One mysterious person looking at another mysterious person equals what? Another mystery.

The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.

We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle

Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.

But mark, madam, we live amongst riddles and mysteries--the most obvious things, which come in our way, have dark sides, which thequickest sight cannot penetrate into; and even the clearest and most exalted understandings amongst us find ourselves puzzled and at a loss in almost every cranny of nature's works.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

We live in a bewildering world.

The enduring appeal of mystery stories for all of us is that the world is a pretty confusing place. There's a lot of really unanswered things, and perhaps the scariest notion would be that there might not always be answers out there for us.

It's fun when you're confusing people.

People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am.

I want to keep people guessing.

And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive.

From an early age I was very, very fascinated by uncertainty.

Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it.

My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing.

I like the unknown. I like mystery.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way.

I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

I'm a walking, talking enigma.