Sometime reality is too complex. Stories give it form. Jean-Luc Godard More Quotes by Jean-Luc Godard More Quotes From Jean-Luc Godard There are different kinds of painting, some with lights and some without, but still if you look at any painting here (in the light) and then over here (out of the light) it's an entirely different thing. The consciousness of this came to the Impressionists and I'm very interested in that. Jean-Luc Godard different light looks Sometimes reality is too complex for oral communication. But legend embodies it in a form which enables it to spread all over the world. Jean-Luc Godard legends communication reality The invention of photography. For whom? Against whom? Jean-Luc Godard invention photography I don't think I've succeeded in making any really good films. There are moments, scenes, whole movements that sing. It has all added up to a cinema of sorts, even though I'm still learning my art. Jean-Luc Godard cinema art thinking ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville. CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal." ... ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked. CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal. Jean-Luc Godard zero names doors Europe has memories, America has t-shirts. Jean-Luc Godard europe memories america Movies are a world of Fragments. Jean-Luc Godard fragments world We once believed we were auteurs but we weren't. We had no idea, really. Film is over. It's sad nobody is really exploring it. But what to do? And anyway, with mobile phones and everything, everyone is now an auteur. Jean-Luc Godard film phones ideas Suddenly, I don't know what to say. It happens often to me. I know what I want to say, I think about whether it is what I mean, but when the moment comes to speak, I can't say it. - Nana Kleinfrankenheim, Vivre Sa Vie. Jean-Luc Godard want mean thinking To be only spectacular should be 5 or 10 percent of cinema. Jean-Luc Godard spectacular cinema should Truth is in all things, even partly, in error. Jean-Luc Godard truth-is errors all-things I never read Karl Marx. Jean-Luc Godard I believe what Jesus said, but Jesus never said priests couldn't be fools. Jean-Luc Godard fool believe jesus Photography could have been invented in color. Colors existed. Jean-Luc Godard could-have-been color photography Mirrors should reflect before sending an image. Jean-Luc Godard mirrors should i've always wanted, basically, to do research in the form of a spectacle. Jean-Luc Godard form research wanted This is not a just image, this is just an image. Jean-Luc Godard To be immortal and then die Jean-Luc Godard immortal dies In the beginning there was not even talking. In movies, there was no need for that. Because it was more evident if there was no talking. Only in sports does there remain this fervor, which can even become violent. There's this desire to see something big. Jean-Luc Godard desire talking sports When there's 100 people around you can't really forget yourself. Jean-Luc Godard forget-you forget people
