I have to prepare myself to say goodbye and go away. Agnes Varda More Quotes by Agnes Varda More Quotes From Agnes Varda I enjoy the time passing. I think it's a privilege to be in friendship with time. Agnes Varda thinkenjoytimefriendship I didn't see myself as a woman doing film but as a radical film-maker who was a woman. Agnes Varda womandoingseemyself I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman. Agnes Varda womani-amintelligencesoul I don't want to become a serious, annoying sociologist. I try to regard sociology as a part of everyday life. Agnes Varda tryseriouswantlife My parents named me Arlette, and I changed it to Agnes when I was young. I didn't like it because I don't like names with 'ette' - you know, it looks like a little girl's name. Agnes Varda parentsmeyougirl 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 my-lifecinemalifepeople When artists die early, they become idols even more. Agnes Varda morediebecomeidols 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 camerathinkcinemawork 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 motherwarfatherblood When I love somebody, I cannot drop it out of my life. Love is not something like you open and you close, you know? Agnes Varda my-lifeyoulovelife Aging is interesting, you know? I really love it. Agnes Varda knowyouaginglove I am small. I was always small. But only physically. Agnes Varda i-amonlysmallalways 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 myselfserviceyoutime I saw 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs' when it came out, didn't like it too much. I found she was stupid. Agnes Varda too-muchstupidwhitesnow I was not raised with films. And when Alain Resnais did the editing on my first film, he said, 'You should go to the Cinematheque.' I didn't even know we had one in Paris. Agnes Varda goknowyouediting Aging for me is not a condition but a subject. Agnes Varda conditionsubjectmeaging Maybe something that amuses the Americans is that they are so worried about age, and I'm not at all. Agnes Varda maybeaboutsomethingage I wore black until I was twenty-five, like many young people. Everybody did. It was crazy! But now, getting older, I think color does me good. Agnes Varda goodmeblackpeople
