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“I thought, If I'm an ancestor and grandmother when I'm twenty-five, I should go peacefully to the real time when I'm an ancestor and a grandmother.”

Quote by Agnes Varda

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Agnes Varda, born on May 30, 1928, is a renowned French film director. Her works are known for their unique visual style and profound thematic exploration, which have had a profound impact on the French New Wave cinema. more

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“I see all these students, and I admire them - they're trying to learn something, they go to school, they do film school, they go on shoots, they help. I'm sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was - that's the way I was - autodidact.”

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“I try to do nothing. I drink rosemary when I have a lot of work to do. People take coffee, they take speed, whatever. I take rosemary.”

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“It's nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It's somewhere, but it's sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it.”

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“To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote.”

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“I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.”

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