The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .
AGNES VARDAAn 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.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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I’ve seen many films, and many beautiful films. And I try to keep a certain level of quality of my films. I don’t do commercials,
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I’ve always been like this – trying to find adventure where it’s still in its first élan – the first spring.
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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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Sometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don’t want time to come back.
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You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.
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My company is called Ciné-Tamaris, which is rosemary. That’s my speed. Hot water and herb.
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I live in cinema. I feel I’ve lived here forever.
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I’m interested in people who are not exactly the middle way, or who are trying something else because they cannot prevent themselves from being different, or they wish to be different, or they are different because society pushed them away.
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I call [ordinary people] real people, because they have in themselves an incredible treasure – stories, a way of speaking, a way of sharing, an innocence and a perversity which I find very interesting to discover little by little.
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In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don’t want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.
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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’m not nostalgic. My memories are back here in my mind.
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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 hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It’s my white hair, and I put color there.
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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.
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