Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.

Catch instants. Spontaneity, freshness.

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.

Ideally, nothing should be shown, but that’s impossible.

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 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.

Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.