“I built the film [Boy and the World] this way. I gathered all the tools I usually use such as brushes, color pencils, crayons, watercolors, and everything else I found in my studio, and I put them on top of a table. I had this feeling of freedom and possibility like if I was this boy. I was using the boy's freedom to create this film.” IfsWorldWayUseFeelingsFilmFoundBoysPossibilityColorBuiltToolsTablesStudiosBrushesPencilsCrayonWatercolors Author:Alex Abreu
“I'm being sincere and I'm being human. I'm making mistakes or I'm doing things correctly, but I'm being human regardless. I'm talking about my pain and my joy, and I'm not saying it with words but mainly with colors and shapes. That's what I tried to do with the utmost sincerity and humility of a child.” HumansChildrenPainJoyMistakeTalkingHumilityColorShapesMaking MistakesSincereSincerityBeing HumanBeing Sincere Author:Alex Abreu
“Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another.” IfsMadeCharacterColorProjectsMusic IsStructureRhythmOperaStrokesBrushesSculptureBrush Strokes Author:Alex Abreu
“I draw things on the paper very freely but believing there is meaning to them already. There is already meaning in the colors, I don't need to be guided by words. I draw them and the meaning comes after. Every time we would start a new sequence we would change everything.” NeedsBelieveColorPaperDrawsSequence Author:Alex Abreu
