15 Quotes & Sayings By Jeanluc Godard

Born in 1930 in Paris, Jean-Luc Godard is a French film director, screenwriter, and film editor. His work is known for its critical approach to film and its emphasis on the relationship between image and sound. He is considered one of the key figures in French New Wave cinema, along with François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, and others. A highly influential figure in 20th-century cinema, he has been described as "one of the most revolutionary and stylistically diverse directors of the second half of the century."

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to...
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He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch. JeanLuc Godard
The cinema is truth 24 frames-per-second
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The cinema is truth 24 frames-per-second JeanLuc Godard
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To be immortal and then die JeanLuc Godard
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To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JeanLuc Godard
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Sometime reality is too complex. Stories give it form. JeanLuc Godard
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All you need for a movie is a gun and a cat. JeanLuc Godard
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I've always wanted, basically, to do research in the form of a spectacle. JeanLuc Godard
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Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. JeanLuc Godard
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A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order. JeanLuc Godard
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I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie. JeanLuc Godard
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The cinema is not a craft. It is an art. It does not mean teamwork. One is always alone on the set as before the blank page. And to be alone... means to ask questions. And to make films means to answer them. JeanLuc Godard
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Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. JeanLuc Godard
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One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together. JeanLuc Godard
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I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas. JeanLuc Godard