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 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.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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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 wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it’s been a struggle.
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I did not think that woman would be restrained. I never saw that, especially not in filmmaking, where you don’t have to be strong.
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I never fought, I never learned kung fu or boxing, I never went into these sportif competitions. I wouldn’t cross the ocean.
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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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You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.
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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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The story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years.
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This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.
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Sometimes I say, If I had seen some masterpieces, maybe I wouldn’t have dared start. I started very – not innocent, but naïve in a way.
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If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.
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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.
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I was free always. I could work without the money, to film this and that. But this is another point, because now I’m alone, and I can just use it when I want.
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I 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.
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