My grandson says I’m punk.
AGNES VARDAI didn’t have a list of things I should do this year, next year, find a good novel, sign two stars and make a deal – because I think cinema should come from cinema.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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I’d been educated stupidly, I knew nothing about nothing, that’s part of being shy.
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I’m not nostalgic. My memories are back here in my mind.
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The story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years.
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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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Nostalgia 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.
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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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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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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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Just yesterday I saw a good film, but even if I’d seen a bad one, I’d feel, “Oh my god, what a bad job, I can do better.”
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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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If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.
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People know it’s not easy, and even though you have strong feeling and desire and endless love, it doesn’t always happen.
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There is a song of Gainsbourg that Jane Birkin sang, and the words are beautiful in French. It says, “Le jeu et les moi.” It’s impossible to translate, because it has a very nice sound.
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I’m still fighting. I don’t know how much longer, but I’m still fighting a struggle, which is to make cinema alive and not just make another film.
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I go back to many films that I really love.
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