Alejandro Jodorowsky Quotes

Failure doesn't exist. It's only a change of direction.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Maybe I am a prophet. I really hope one day there will come Confucius, Muhammad, Buddha and Christ to see me. And we will sit at a table, taking tea and eating some brownies.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

I believe in mysticism, with an interior goal, and you are your own temple and your own priest. I don't believe anymore in religions, because you see today there are religious wars, prejudice, false morals, and the woman is despised. Religion is too old now; it's from another century, it's not for today.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But by the early '60s, it had become petit-bourgeois; it was too intellectual and romantic, and had ground to a halt. It had become respectable.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time.

Alejandro Jodorowsky