Jan Švankmajer



Jan Švankmajer (4 September 1934–) is a Czech filmmaker and artist.

Quotes

 * Censorship has an advantage of making you express yourself in very inventive ways and to think in symbols…those are the only weapons you have against censorship. It also helps by filling your desk drawers with mountains of rejected scripts you can use later in life, if you’re as lucky as I am.
 * Surrealism’s Not Dead: Interview with Jan Svankmajer (June 29, 2016)