Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.
Robert BressonThe 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.
Robert BressonBring together things that have as yet never been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.
Robert BressonThe 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.
Robert Bresson