Mirrors Should Reflect A Little Before Throwing

An Artist Cannot Speak About His Art Any More Than A Plant Can Discuss Horticulture.

In Two Weeks, Despite These Notes, I Shall No Longer Believe In What I Am Experiencing Now. One Must Leave Behind A Trace Of This Journey Which Memory Forgets. One Must, When This Is Impossible, Write Or Draw Without Responding To The Romantic Solicitations Of Pain, Without Enjoying Suffering Like Music, Tieing A Pen To One's Foot If Need Be, Helping The Doctors Who Can Learn Nothing From Laziness.

Film Will Only Became An Art When Its Materials Are As Inexpensive As Pencil And Paper.

The Poet Paul Éluard Says That To Understand My Film Version Of Beauty And The Beast, You Must Love Your Dog More Than Your Car.

Appreciation Of Art Is A Moral Erection, Otherwise Mere Dilettantism.