Eric Rohmer Professions : Film director Born : March 21, 1920 Died : January 11, 2010 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Eric Rohmer I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life. Eric Rohmer ordinary-things ordinary thinking I do not say with words. I do not say it with images either.… I do not say, I show. I show people who move and speak. That is all I know how to do, but that is my true subject. Eric Rohmer speak people moving You have to know how to go against the trend of the times. Eric Rohmer know-how trends knows I think that high art reposes on popular art, without one there cannot be another. Eric Rohmer high-art art thinking But if I didn't read, I'd think, and thinking, when you come down to it, is the most painful thing of all, and the most monopolizing Eric Rohmer monopolizing painful thinking Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before. Eric Rohmer film shapes civilization I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me. Eric Rohmer subsidies faithful states The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties. Eric Rohmer alliances difficulty A good film is also a documentary Eric Rohmer good-films documentaries film You can't think of nothing. Eric Rohmer thinking The French are very individualistic. Eric Rohmer individualistic Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
