Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.
Death is the greatest illusion of all.
You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living.
It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right.
Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.
Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty chaotic; it's just an illusion that one has control over one's life.
At last awake from life, that insane dream we take for waking now.
Everything about it was false. Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken.
Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.
