"The man who thinks he can do without……" — Francois Truffaut
"The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even worse."
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Francois Truffaut
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37 Quotes by Francois Truffaut
Francois Truffaut has 37 quotes on this site.
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The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting…
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I warmly recommend to you the films of poets.
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I am often asked at what point in my love affair with films I began to want to be a…
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Is the cinema more important than life?
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Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.
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There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors
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When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the…
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Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.
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The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to…
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There's no such thing as an anti-war film,
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All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're…
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When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny…
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