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Robert Bresson quotes

French Director September 25, 1907 – December 18, 1999

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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 to life again like flowers in water. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing..."
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration. Robert Bresson
The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. Power of the cinematographer who appeals to the two senses in a governable way. Against the tactics of speed, of noise, set tactics of slowness, of silence. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene."
In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "Let nothing be changed and all be different."
Let nothing be changed and all be different. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "Laugh at a bad reputation. Fear a good one that you could not..."
Laugh at a bad reputation. Fear a good one that you could not sustain. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "Prefer what intuition whispers in your ear to what you have..."
Prefer what intuition whispers in your ear to what you have done and redone ten times in your head. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "Hostility to art is also hostility to the new, to the unforeseen."
Hostility to art is also hostility to the new, to the unforeseen. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "It is in its pure form that an art hits hard."
It is in its pure form that an art hits hard. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "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. Robert Bresson
The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of..."
Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "Create expectations to fulfil them."
Create expectations to fulfil them. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "Provoke the unexpected. Expect it."
Provoke the unexpected. Expect it. Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson quote: "The crude real will not by itself yield truth."
The crude real will not by itself yield truth. Robert Bresson

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