31 Quotes by Kenneth Anger

I've always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.

A film about the love generation - the birthday party of the Aquarian Age showing actual ceremonies to make Lucifer rise. Lucifer is the Light god, not the devil - the Rebel Angel behind what's happening in the world today. His message is that the key of joy is disobedience. Isis (Nature) wakes. Osiris (Death) answers. Lilith (Destroyer) climbs to the place of Sacrifice. The Magus activates the circle and Lucifer - Bringer of Light - breaks through.

Although, of course, my definition of evil is not everybody else's. Evil is being involved in the glamour and charm of material existence, glamour in its old Gaelic sense meaning enchantment with the look of things, rather than the soul of things.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form-all these are the work of Lucifer.

I’m a Thelemite. I believe in Thelema, which is Crowley’s so-called religion. There are some practitioners here who do something called the Gnostic Mass. I’ve been to that a few times, but basically, I’m a loner. I don’t really need other people.

I’ve never made a film using dialogue or speech.

I’ve always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.

A ‘death mirror’ held up to American culture – Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A ‘high’ view of the myth of the American motorcyclist. The machine as totem from toy to terror. Thanatos in chrome and black leather and bursting jeans.

Although, of course, my definition of evil is not everybody else’s. Evil is being involved in the glamour and charm of material existence, glamour in its old Gaelic sense meaning enchantment with the look of things, rather than the soul of things.