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Agnes Varda quotes: I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.

I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.

Agnes Varda quotes: If we opened people up, we'd find landscapes.

If we opened people up, we'd find landscapes.

Agnes Varda quotes: Some people meet each other again only when I'm there!

Some people meet each other again only when I'm there!

Agnes Varda quotes: The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .

The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .

Agnes Varda quotes: I cannot say something different to one person and then another.

I cannot say something different to one person and then another.

Agnes Varda quotes: I should say nothing! I'm through with it! I hate to repeat myself all the time.

I should say nothing! I'm through with it! I hate to repeat myself all the time.

Agnes Varda quotes: Cinema is my home. I think I've always lived in it.

Cinema is my home. I think I've always lived in it.

Agnes Varda quotes: It's nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It's somewhere, but it's sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it.

It's nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It's somewhere, but it's sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it.

Agnes Varda quotes: It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families.

It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families.

Agnes Varda quotes: If I was tall and blonde, I might have been a dancer or singer.

If I was tall and blonde, I might have been a dancer or singer.

Agnes Varda quotes: I'm trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.

I'm trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.

Agnes Varda quotes: To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote.

To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote.

Agnes Varda quotes: It's interesting work for me to tell my life, as a possibility for other people to relate it to themselves - not so much to learn about me.

It's interesting work for me to tell my life, as a possibility for other people to relate it to themselves - not so much to learn about me.

Agnes Varda quotes: If you know nothing, it could be like an enemy in a way. I think that's the way I felt when I was young.

If you know nothing, it could be like an enemy in a way. I think that's the way I felt when I was young.

Agnes Varda quotes: People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don't believe that old people can feel that they are orphans.

People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don't believe that old people can feel that they are orphans.

Agnes Varda quotes: I'd been educated stupidly, I knew nothing about nothing, that's part of being shy.

I'd been educated stupidly, I knew nothing about nothing, that's part of being shy.

Agnes Varda quotes: At that time, when I started, in the '50s, cinema was very classical in its aims.

At that time, when I started, in the '50s, cinema was very classical in its aims.

Agnes Varda quotes: In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.

In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.

Agnes Varda quotes: I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It's my white hair, and I put color there. My grandson says I'm punk.

I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It's my white hair, and I put color there. My grandson says I'm punk.

Agnes Varda quotes: It's a way of living, sharing things with people who work with me, and they seem to enjoy it.

It's a way of living, sharing things with people who work with me, and they seem to enjoy it.

Agnes Varda quotes: I've changed my approach to people and to filming because of the new equipment, which is important.

I've changed my approach to people and to filming because of the new equipment, which is important.

Agnes Varda quotes: Sometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don't want time to come back.

Sometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don't want time to come back.

Agnes Varda quotes: I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.

I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.

Agnes Varda quotes: This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.

This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.

Agnes Varda quotes: The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.

The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.

Agnes Varda quotes: I try to do nothing. I drink rosemary when I have a lot of work to do. People take coffee, they take speed, whatever. I take rosemary.

I try to do nothing. I drink rosemary when I have a lot of work to do. People take coffee, they take speed, whatever. I take rosemary.

Agnes Varda quotes: I think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.

I think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.

Agnes Varda quotes: The first exhibition [Publo Picasso] was organized by the communist party - because of his position during the war and all that.

The first exhibition [Publo Picasso] was organized by the communist party - because of his position during the war and all that.

Agnes Varda quotes: I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a

I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom.

Agnes Varda quotes: I had a world. I don't think I had a career. I made films.

I had a world. I don't think I had a career. I made films.

Agnes Varda quotes: I'm missing some people, you know, and this is not nostalgia. I miss them. This is melancholy.

I'm missing some people, you know, and this is not nostalgia. I miss them. This is melancholy.

Agnes Varda quotes: Society is so slow. A feminist is a bore.

Society is so slow. A feminist is a bore.

Agnes Varda quotes: I'm still fighting. I don't know how much longer, but I'm still fighting a struggle, which is to make cinema alive and not just make another film.

I'm still fighting. I don't know how much longer, but I'm still fighting a struggle, which is to make cinema alive and not just make another film.

Agnes Varda quotes: I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!

I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!

Agnes Varda quotes: Happiness is a beautiful fruit that tastes of cruelty.

Happiness is a beautiful fruit that tastes of cruelty.

Agnes Varda quotes: You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.

You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.

Agnes Varda quotes: I quit seeing some people who were saying bad things about women; I don't even want to meet them or see them.

I quit seeing some people who were saying bad things about women; I don't even want to meet them or see them.

Agnes Varda quotes: You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.

You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.

Agnes Varda quotes: Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.

Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.

Agnes Varda quotes: You have to invent life.

You have to invent life.

Agnes Varda quotes: I live in cinema. I feel I've lived here forever.

I live in cinema. I feel I've lived here forever.

Agnes Varda quotes: I thought, If I'm an ancestor and grandmother when I'm twenty-five, I should go peacefully to the real time when I'm an ancestor and a grandmother.

I thought, If I'm an ancestor and grandmother when I'm twenty-five, I should go peacefully to the real time when I'm an ancestor and a grandmother.

Agnes Varda quotes: You have to be strong to be a carpenter, maybe, but the director of a film doesn't need to have muscles.

You have to be strong to be a carpenter, maybe, but the director of a film doesn't need to have muscles.

Agnes Varda quotes: I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.

I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.

Agnes Varda quotes: I'm not nostalgic. My memories are back here in my mind.

I'm not nostalgic. My memories are back here in my mind.

Agnes Varda quotes: It's a way of living, cinema. And I see my family, I do this and that, I travel. It's a long process to let it happen.

It's a way of living, cinema. And I see my family, I do this and that, I travel. It's a long process to let it happen.

Agnes Varda quotes: I don't watch my own films. There is little time; I'd rather see another film.

I don't watch my own films. There is little time; I'd rather see another film.