I don’t watch my own films. There is little time; I’d rather see another film.
AGNES VARDAThe boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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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.
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I’m myself – knowing I’m doing a documentary and speaking with the people, telling them I have a bed, that I can eat every day, but I would like to speak to you. And they really gave me wonderful answers.
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Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to lose.
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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 think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.
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This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.
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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’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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You are always in the world. Even in Vagabond. I am not on the road, I am not eating nothing.
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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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I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It’s my white hair, and I put color there.
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I had a world. I don’t think I had a career. I made films.
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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.
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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 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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