I should say nothing! I’m through with it! I hate to repeat myself all the time.
AGNES VARDAI had flops, I had success.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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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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Some Bresson, some Godard of the early times, the Cassavetes of those years I love. And the early Wim Wenders. But my own films I don’t watch, unless I need them.
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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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My company is called Ciné-Tamaris, which is rosemary. That’s my speed. Hot water and herb.
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The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable.
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Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.
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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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If you know nothing, it could be like an enemy in a way. I think that’s the way I felt when I was young.
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You have to invent life.
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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’m not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman – not unless she is looking for new images.
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Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer.
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When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It’s like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high – you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language.
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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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The film critics don’t know my artwork and the art world doesn’t know my films.
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