Having the certitude of a succession of days... equally free and beautiful, peace descends on me.

The cyclone ends. The sun returns; the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again; man does likewise. The great anguish is over; joy has returned; the sea smiles like a child.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.

I have come to an unalterable decision - to go and live forever in Polynesia. Then I can end my days in peace and freedom, without thoughts of tomorrow and this eternal struggle against idiots.

Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.

Art is either revolution or plagiarism

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that needed the warmth.

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable.

The knowledge of God gives a person the opportunity to not be a slave to wealth.

I've got the perfect dress. It's going to knock your socks off."Marcus wasn't sure if that was good or bad, but he couldn't wait to find out.

Of course Russia is, let's say element, of American election campaign, was on the agenda to some extent but the influence of that element could have hardly been critical.

There is this old thing that a lot of people say - that the worst experiences make the best films. I don't subscribe to it. But I've seen it happen.

He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.

I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.

Hey, people who travel with their bed pillow. You look insane.

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.

It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.

Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.