I had flops, I had success.
AGNES VARDA- Gleaning is getting things that are abandoned. I did not abandon my early pictures, my photos, my early films. It’s just going through my body of work as something I can pick from.
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Gleaning is getting things that are abandoned. I did not abandon my early pictures, my photos, my early films. It’s just going through my body of work as something I can pick from.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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I had flops, I had success.
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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.
AGNES VARDAI’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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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.
AGNES VARDAThe 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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I go back to many films that I really love.
AGNES VARDAI go back to many films that I really love.
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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.
AGNES VARDAThere 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 had beautiful jewelery around me, and when I lost I would take the jewelery and say, Service – being very generous, because it was very expensive jewelery. I would say, Tip.
AGNES VARDAI had beautiful jewelery around me, and when I lost I would take the jewelery and say, Service – being very generous, because it was very expensive jewelery. I would say, Tip.
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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.
AGNES VARDAI’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 need images, I need representation which deals in other means than reality. We have to use reality but get out of it. That’s what I try to do all the time.
AGNES VARDAI need images, I need representation which deals in other means than reality. We have to use reality but get out of it. That’s what I try to do all the time.
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You are always in the world. Even in Vagabond. I am not on the road, I am not eating nothing.
AGNES VARDAYou 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.
AGNES VARDAI’m missing some people, you know, and this is not nostalgia. I miss them. This is melancholy.
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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.
AGNES VARDAI 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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I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.
AGNES VARDAI think we need to have a nest of something which is family.
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The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable.
AGNES VARDAThe boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable.
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I’m trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.
AGNES VARDAI’m trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.
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I think it’s ridiculous to take such risk. But look, people love to do that. But I was not afraid of doing things I wished to do.
AGNES VARDAI think it’s ridiculous to take such risk. But look, people love to do that. But I was not afraid of doing things I wished to do.
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It’s a way of living, cinema. And I see my family, I do this and that, I travel. It’s a long process to let it happen.
AGNES VARDAIt’s a way of living, cinema. And I see my family, I do this and that, I travel. It’s a long process to let it happen.
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