Reasons Quotes by Jean Renoir

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

— Jean Renoir

“A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again.”

— Jean Renoir

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

— Jean Renoir

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is…

— Jean Renoir

“Among seekers of truth, painters perhaps come closest to discovering the secret of the balance of forces of the universe, and hence of man's…

— Jean Renoir

Wilshire Boulevard... It has no smell to it.

— Jean Renoir

“The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.”

— Jean Renoir

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

— Jean Renoir

To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can cultivate a…

— Jean Renoir

Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.

— Jean Renoir

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not…

— Jean Renoir

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

— Jean Renoir

“All great art is abstract.”

— Jean Renoir

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

— Jean Renoir

“His nudes and his roses declared to men of this century, already deep in their task of destruction, the stability of the eternal balance…

— Jean Renoir