3 September 1970
'They say that the true carver works with a slightly blunt chisel.' —Kenko-Khosi, NotestoRelieveTedium,14th century.
'The autumn moon is unutterably beautiful. Anyone who thinks the moon i s always like that has no concept o f difference, and i s t o be pitied.'—ibid.
'. . . And when a l l sorts o f different ideas come crowding un- bidden into our souls, i t may be because there is no soul in us. If our soul had i t s own master, then surely our breasts would n o t b e bursting with such a multitude of cares.'—ibid.
Yesterday I went to see N. P. Abramov about an interview for the Polish periodical Cinema. He's a nice, inoffensive man, but terribly limited. He was thrilled by what I said about the nature of cinema and about science fiction. Had h e really never thought o f i t him- self? H e gave m e h i s clumsily-written and unspeakably empty books. What a bore.
Time within time -the diary /Andrey Tarkovsky
