An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't. I have a knack for disturbing.

The poet Paul Éluard says that to understand my film version of Beauty and the Beast, you must love your dog more than your car.

It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.

Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.