George Lucas
ON THE RECORD · 16 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“A picture is very powerful, and the stories are very powerful,”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas argued that shared images and stories create the common beliefs that hold societies together.
“Narrative art creates a group of people with common belief systems,”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas argued that narrative art creates groups of people with common belief systems.
“This is a big celebration for us because it’s taken so long to get here,”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas marked the upcoming public opening of the museum as a celebration after years of delay.
“We still had to deal with bureaucracies and people who have contrary thinking,”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas discussed the bureaucratic and oppositional challenges of building the museum.
“This has been a long haul,”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas spoke at a press preview of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.
“You combine them together, and those two elements create a society.”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas argued that combining pictures and stories creates a society.
“But hey, I just do what I feel I have to do. And you guys do what you have to do. So I’ll just let it go at that.”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas concluded his remarks by saying he does what he feels he has to do.
“But we managed to make our way through all that.”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas said the project ultimately overcame bureaucratic and contrary obstacles.
“Seventeen years between getting kicked out of cities and trying to get this built, which has in itself been eight years.”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas reflected on the 17-year struggle to build the museum after earlier attempts in San Francisco and Chicago collapsed.
“Part of the problem is I’m a contrarian,”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas explained part of the difficulty in building the museum stemmed from his contrarian nature.
“But it’s something that I felt very, very strongly about in terms of honoring illustrators, artists who illustrate stories that are already written. And most of the stories are myths. They’re not real. But the illustrations make them real.”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas expressed his commitment to honoring illustrators of myth-based stories at the press preview.
“I don’t like to do things that people think can be done. I’m fascinated by doing things that people say can’t be done. And even when you do it, they say, ‘Well, that’s not any good. You can’t do that.’”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas described his fascination with doing things people say cannot be done.
“I’m used to doing the impossible. This one almost broke my will.”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas gave his blunt assessment of the museum undertaking at the press preview.
“I know we have a tendency to draw in because I’m controversial in terms of the media,”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas ended his press preview remarks with a wary acknowledgment of the assembled reporters.
“temple to the people’s art.”
George Lucas · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas has repeatedly described the museum as a temple to the people's art.
“And that common belief system allows them to work together, not kill each other, and do things that one person can’t do.”
George Lucas · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Lucas explained that common belief systems enable people to cooperate and accomplish collective goals.