I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.
AGNES VARDAMy company is called Ciné-Tamaris, which is rosemary. That’s my speed. Hot water and herb.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.
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The film critics don’t know my artwork and the art world doesn’t know my films.
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You have to invent life.
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I should say nothing! I’m through with it! I hate to repeat myself all the time.
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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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Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to lose.
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To share a lot of ideas – not ideas – emotions, a way of looking at people, a way of looking at life. If it can be shared, it means there is a common denominator.
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I quit seeing some people who were saying bad things about women; I don’t even want to meet them or see them.
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To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States – black people didn’t have the right to vote.
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It’s nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It’s somewhere, but it’s sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it.
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I go back to many films that I really love.
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I see all these students, and I admire them – they’re trying to learn something, they go to school, they do film school, they go on shoots, they help.
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I had a world. I don’t think I had a career. I made films.
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If you know nothing, it could be like an enemy in a way. I think that’s the way I felt when I was young.
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I think the digital cameras have changed my view. Even though sometimes, including the installations that I show, I mix 35mm filming and video handmade.
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