Vicky Cristina Barcelona * Quotes

"The trick is to enjoy life, accepting it has no meaning whatsoever."

"If you don't start undressing me soon this is going to turn into a panel discussion."

"I can appreciate art and I love music, but it's sad really because I feel like I have a lot to express and I am not gifted."

"Maria Elena used to say that only unfulfilled love can be romantic."

"Why not? Life is short. Life is dull. Life is full of pain. And this is a chance for something special."

Maria Elena: "You speak no Spanish?"
Cristina: "No, I uh uh... studied Chinese."
Maria Elena: "Chinese? Why?"
Cristina: "I thought it sounded pretty."
Maria Elena: "Say something in Chinese."
Cristina: "Me?"
Maria Elena: "Mm-hm."
Cristina: "Um... ni hao ma?"
Maria Elena: "You think that sounds pretty?"

Vicky: "So... tell me why. Why won't your father publish his poems?"
Juan Antonio: "Well, because, uhm, he hates the world and that's his way of getting back at them, to create beautiful works and then to deny them to the public, which I think it's..."
Vicky: "My god."
Juan Antonio: "Hmmmh."
Vicky: "Oh, what makes him so angry toward the human race?"
Juan Antonio: "Because after thousands of years of civilization they still haven't learned to love."