15 Agnes Varda Quotes for You to Enjoy

Agnes Varda

French Director

Born: May 30, 1928

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My mind is often half-sleeping, like in a daydream. Agnes Varda

Mind Daydream Like Often

I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. Agnes Varda

Love Cinema Minute Angeles Fell Attracted Los Los Angeles Arrived American

I enjoy the time passing. I think it's a privilege to be in friendship with time. Agnes Varda

Friendship Time Enjoy Think Passing Privilege

I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman. Agnes Varda

Soul Woman Intelligence Think Say Dare Spirit Am

Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist. Agnes Varda

Tool Hands Artist Painter

When I was younger, people were inventing a new way of writing - James Joyce, Hemingway, Faulkner. And I thought we had to find a structure for cinema. I fought for a radical cinema, and I continued all my life. Agnes Varda

Life People Writing Cinema Thought My Life Radical Way Faulkner All My Life Find Structure Inventing Had New Joyce Were Continue New Way James James Joyce Younger Younger People Hemingway Fought

When artists die early, they become idols even more. Agnes Varda

Become More Idols Die Artists Even Early

Like everybody, I wanted to meet Andy Warhol. I was impressed by his work and how daring he was. I think he changed the cinema completely, simply by opening his camera and letting it go. Agnes Varda

My father was Greek, but he turned French during the war, and my mother was French. So I'm French, but I have Greek blood. Agnes Varda

War Mother Father He French Blood Greek Turned

I make documentaries from time to time to remind myself of reality. It's like musicians doing scales to keep their fingers working: when you're in the street, listening to people, you're forced to be in the service of your subject. Agnes Varda

Aging for me is not a condition but a subject. Agnes Varda

Me Condition Subject Aging

I didn't have a career; I made films. It's very different. Agnes Varda

Made Films Very Different Career

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