Agnès Varda

“The first feminist gesture is to say: 'OK, they are looking at me. But I'm looking at them.'”

“Chance has been my best assistant.”

“I think we are all gleaners. We are all picking up ideas, and we are all picking up feelings.”

“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.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person, because I don't want to be sad.”

“I'm interested in people who are not in the mainstream. I'm interested in people who are on the margin.”

“To me, the tracking shot is a question of morality.”

“I am the queen of the margins.”

“This is the first image of my film. And the last.”

“If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.”

“I tried to be a joyful feminist. But I was very angry.”

“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 trying to be a person who makes links.”

“Happiness is a beautiful fruit that is eaten when it is ripe.”

“I hate repetition. I don’t like to be bored. I’m a glutton for novelty.”