Objects and their functions no longer had any significance. All I perceived was perception itself, the hell of forms and figures devoid of human emotion and detached from the reality of my unreal environment. I was an instrument in a virtual world that constantly renewed its own meaningless image in a living world that was itself perceived outside of nature. And since the appearance of things was no longer definitive but limitless, this paradisiacal awareness freed me from the reality external to myself. The fire and the rose, as it were, became one.

Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images he is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century and is widely revered. What Fellini formerly accepted as "his extrasensory perceptions" were now interpreted as psychic manifestations of the unconscious. Desperately poor they unsuccessfully joined forces to draw sketches of restaurant and café patrons.

Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images he is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century and is widely revered. He won five Academy Awards becoming the person who won the highest number of Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film in history.