An old woman I loved very much when I was young – the wife of Jean Villard – she’s just reciting poetry all the time, which is beautiful because it means she went back to the world of poetry that she loved when she was young. That’s all she does.
AGNES VARDANostalgia doesn’t make sense, because it’s like bringing the memories back to be a special part of my day or to be part of my week. And I’m inside my memories the same way I’m inside my everyday life.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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Sometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don’t want time to come back.
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I tried to find a language for the film – not just telling stories. I picked the Picasso painting because it said more than I could explain.
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People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don’t believe that old people can feel that they are orphans.
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You are always in the world. Even in Vagabond. I am not on the road, I am not eating nothing.
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I’m missing some people, you know, and this is not nostalgia. I miss them. This is melancholy.
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I was a photographer first.I worked alone. I did it my way as much as I could. I have been sort of courageous about doing things, because I didn’t think I should do less than my brothers.
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My grandson says I’m punk.
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I’m myself – knowing I’m doing a documentary and speaking with the people, telling them I have a bed, that I can eat every day, but I would like to speak to you. And they really gave me wonderful answers.
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You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.
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I have to do something which relates with my time, and in my time, we make things differently.
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I don’t watch my own films. There is little time; I’d rather see another film.
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It’s a way of living, sharing things with people who work with me, and they seem to enjoy it.
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I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.
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The story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years.
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The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.
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