The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are.

The things one can express with the hand, with the head, with the shoulders!... How many useless and encumbering words then disappear! What economy!

The future of cinematography belongs to a new race of young solitaries who will shoot films by putting their last penny into it and not let themselves be taken in by the material routines of the trade.

The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.

When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more towards the within, the eye towards the outer.

Hide the ideas, but so that people find them. The most important will be the most hidden.