“I always have difficulty with people who are not openly warm, expressive. I need a certain sign, a certain invitation.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944
“Sometimes, even with a film I really love, I cannot tell the story precisely. Sometimes I cannot even tell what happened chronologically. But I'll have flashes of some things. Sometimes it looks almost like a still. What I know, what I can remember is the emotion I felt. I know I loved a film because I remember feeling good in the film or feeling odd when I came out, either in tears or touched or mad.”
― Agnes Varda: Interviews
― Agnes Varda: Interviews
“Sensitivity isn't being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom.”
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“I have to constantly re-identify myself to myself, reactivate my own standards, my own convictions about what I'm doing and why.”
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