I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact. Jean Renoir More Quotes by Jean Renoir More Quotes From Jean Renoir To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can cultivate a garden. Both have as much claim to being called an art as a poem by Verlaine or a painting by Delacroix… Art is ‘making.’ The art of poetry is the art of making poetry. The art of love is the art of making love... My father never talked to me about art. He could not bear the word. Jean Renoir love father art A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again. Jean Renoir film-directing movie inspiring When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting. Jean Renoir empathy understanding interesting The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man. Jean Renoir saving grace men All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and this reproduction bores me. What interests me is the interpretation of life by an artist. The personality of the film maker interests me more than the copy of an object. Jean Renoir photography artist perfect The foundation of all civilization is loitering. Jean Renoir foundation civilization A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him. Jean Renoir actors directors children The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons. Jean Renoir awful life-is reason The only things that are important in life are the things you remember. Jean Renoir important remember Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal? Jean Renoir betrayal succeed There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth. Jean Renoir american-film realism film I believe that perfection handicaps cinema. Jean Renoir cinema perfection believe The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love. Jean Renoir birthday people years Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations. Jean Renoir preoccupation understanding way The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons. Jean Renoir hell real life-is Everyone has his reasons. Jean Renoir reason You see, in this world there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons. Jean Renoir cynicism reason world I was just out of college and still believed in classifications and categories - Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Wilshire Boulevard... It has no smell to it. Jean Renoir boulevard smell
