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.
AGNES VARDA- Even Vagabond – it was a fiction but it was really a documentary. I mean, it has the texture of documentary. Even if I made up every line, it has the texture of being true.
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Even Vagabond – it was a fiction but it was really a documentary. I mean, it has the texture of documentary. Even if I made up every line, it has the texture of being true.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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I have to do something which relates with my time, and in my time, we make things differently.
AGNES VARDAI have to do something which relates with my time, and in my time, we make things differently.
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I’m not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman – not unless she is looking for new images.
AGNES VARDAI’m not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman – not unless she is looking for new images.
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Society is so slow. A feminist is a bore.
AGNES VARDASociety is so slow. A feminist is a bore.
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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.
AGNES VARDAIt’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’m not nostalgic. My memories are back here in my mind.
AGNES VARDAI’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.
AGNES VARDATo 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 think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.
AGNES VARDAI think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.
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I’m sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was – that’s the way I was – autodidact.
AGNES VARDAI’m sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was – that’s the way I was – autodidact.
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The story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years.
AGNES VARDAThe story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years.
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You have to invent life.
AGNES VARDAYou have to invent life.
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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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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 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 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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To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States – black people didn’t have the right to vote.
AGNES VARDATo 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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