L’oeil superficiel, l’oreille profonde et inventive. Le sifflement d’une locomotive imprime en nous la vision de toute une gare.

People are charming because they aren’t aware of their charm.

Nothing more inelegant and ineffective than an art conceived in another art’s form.

Practice the precept: find without seeking.

I’d rather people feel a film before understanding it.

Traduire le vent invisible par l’eau qu’il sculpte en passant.

The ear is profound, whereas the eye is frivolous, too easily satisfied. The ear is active, imaginative, whereas the eye is passive. When you hear a noise at night, instantly you imagine its cause. The sound of a train whistle conjures up the whole station. The eye can perceive only what is presented to it.

When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more towards the within, the eye towards the outer.

Practice the precept: find without seeking

The future of cinematography belongs to a new race of young solitaries who will shoot films by putting their last penny into it and not let themselves be taken in by the material routines of the trade.