Art Quote by Salman Rushdie

'Battleship' is not a film that Francois Truffaut would have made. Nor would any of those other namby-pamby European directors. Nope, this picture eschews…

— Seth Shostak

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

— Catherine Deneuve

Truffaut loved Hitchcock.

— Noah Baumbach

There is a great deal of freshness and charm in '400 Blows.' There is also a great deal of visual poetry in the way…

— Amitava Kumar

My role model, my idol, was Francois Truffaut.

— David Seltzer

I liked Truffaut a lot, I've felt a lot of admiration for his way to address the audience, and his storytelling… La nuit américaine…

— Ingmar Bergman

It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial…

— Om Puri

I was working with two prolific directors Raj Kapoor and Satyajit Ray at the same time. It was an amazing experience to shoot with…

— Simi Garewal

“The art of cinema begins with scraping the chewing gum off the seats.”

— Theodore Roszak

For me, as an actor, there is no commercial or independent or art cinema. For me, it's a character that is given by the…

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

All art cinema is not great; some of the films can put you to sleep.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I really wanted to take the viewer to the 'here and now' regarding the exterminations, and communicate directly in a visceral way. The art…

— Laszlo Nemes

There is no such thing as art cinema, there is only cinema.

— Joy Mathew

For me, what counts the most is my film. I can express myself and therefore take care of myself through my art. Cinema not…

— Maimouna Doucoure

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…

— Agnes Varda