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

Let nothing be changed and all be different.

The ear is profound, whereas the eye is frivolous, too easily satisfied. The ear is active, imaginative, whereas the eye is passive. When you hear a noise at night, instantly you imagine its cause. The sound of a train whistle conjures up the whole station. The eye can perceive only what is presented to it.

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

Cinematography is a writing with images in mouvement and with sounds.

The faculty of using my resources well diminishes when their number grows.

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.