--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Agnes Varda" description: "10 Knows quotes by Agnes Varda. Plus more from Agnes Varda and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/agnes-varda-3815_art_the-boundaries-between-contemporary-art_13988.png" --- > [The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/the-boundaries-between-contemporary-art-and-cinema-are-so-rigid-it-s/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/agnes-varda-3815_art_the-boundaries-between-contemporary-art_13988.png) > [If you know nothing, it could be like an enemy in a way. I think that's the way I felt when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/if-you-know-nothing-it-could-be-like-an-enemy-in-a-way-i-think-that-s/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/agnes-varda-3815_enemy_if-you-know-nothing-it-could-be-like-an_929826.png) > [I'm missing some people, you know, and this is not nostalgia. I miss them. This is melancholy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-m-missing-some-people-you-know-and-this-is-not-nostalgia-i-miss/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/agnes-varda-3815_knows_i-m-missing-some-people-you-know-and-thi_2181356.png) > [You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/you-know-an-hour-and-fifty-four-minutes-is-too-much-for-audiences/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/agnes-varda-3815_audience_you-know-an-hour-and-fifty-four-minutes_726180.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-m-still-fighting-i-don-t-know-how-much-longer-but-i-m-still/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/agnes-varda-3815_alive_i-m-still-fighting-i-don-t-know-how-much_320628.jpg) > [When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/when-i-started-i-did-not-know-i-wanted-to-be-a-filmmaker-i-started-i/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/agnes-varda-3815_beautiful_when-i-started-i-did-not-know-i-wanted-t_1394778.png) > [I know people could tell incredible stories. People have been in concentration camps, or women being raped, or a man going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-know-people-could-tell-incredible-stories-people-have-been-in/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/agnes-varda-3815_beaten_i-know-people-could-tell-incredible-stor_3090181.png) > [I didn't have a list of things I should do this year, next year, find a good novel, sign two stars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-didn-t-have-a-list-of-things-i-should-do-this-year-next-year-find-a/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/agnes-varda-3815_adapted_i-didn-t-have-a-list-of-things-i-should_2535561.jpg) > [I had a very good time when I did The Gleaners - even though the people are poor, and I was suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-had-a-very-good-time-when-i-did-the-gleaners-even-though-the-people/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/agnes-varda-3815_beats_i-had-a-very-good-time-when-i-did-the-gl_737930.png) > [The story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years. People know it's not easy, and even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/the-story-of-a-couple-is-always-very-fragile-especially-over-more/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/agnes-varda-3815_couple_the-story-of-a-couple-is-always-very-fra_2264831.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Agnes Varda > [I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-wasn-t-attracted-to-american-cinema-but-i-fell-in-love-with-los/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-hated-myself-totally-white-so-now-i-cheat-it-s-my-white-hair-and-i/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/the-boundaries-between-contemporary-art-and-cinema-are-so-rigid-it-s/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I was nineteen and I put a bowl on and I said, Cut around! Because it was not the fashion at the time when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-was-nineteen-and-i-put-a-bowl-on-and-i-said-cut-around-because-it/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I see all these students, and I admire them - they're trying to learn something, they go to school, they do film school, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-see-all-these-students-and-i-admire-them-they-re-trying-to-learn/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I was free always. I could work without the money, to film this and that. But this is another point, because now I'm alone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-was-free-always-i-could-work-without-the-money-to-film-this-and/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I am small. I was always small. But only physically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-am-small-i-was-always-small-but-only-physically/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [When I love somebody, I cannot drop it out of my life. Love is not something like you open and you close, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/when-i-love-somebody-i-cannot-drop-it-out-of-my-life-love-is-not/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I never met Publo Picasso. I took pictures at the Festival d'Avignon, but I was too shy to ask to go in his studio.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-never-met-publo-picasso-i-took-pictures-at-the-festival-d-avignon/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I had a world. I don't think I had a career. I made films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-had-a-world-i-don-t-think-i-had-a-career-i-made-films/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I saw 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs' when it came out, didn't like it too much. I found she was stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-saw-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-when-it-came-out-didn-t-like-it/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [You have to invent life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/you-have-to-invent-life/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-m-still-fighting-i-don-t-know-how-much-longer-but-i-m-still/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [ The first exhibition \[Publo Picasso\] was organized by the communist party - because of his position during the war and all that. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/the-first-exhibition-publo-picasso-was-organized-by-the-communist/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) > [I was a photographer first.I worked alone. I did it my way as much as I could. I have been sort of courageous about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-was-a-photographer-first-i-worked-alone-i-did-it-my-way-as-much-as/) [Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/agnes-varda/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Agnes Varda", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. 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