My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come…

Quote by Robert Bresson

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Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.

Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is...

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.

An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.

The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance...

The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance...

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them,...

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them,...

In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene.

In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene.

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman,...

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman,...

I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out...

I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out...

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

Being horrible in a big film is a quicker nosedive than doing an obscure film...

Being horrible in a big film is a quicker nosedive than doing an obscure film...

A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces...

A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces...

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

Andy: Look at our love fern! It's dead! Ben: No it's only sleeping.

Andy: Look at our love fern! It's dead! Ben: No it's only sleeping.

The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the...

The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the...

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.