Notes on Cinematography by R. Bresson Quotes

“No psychology (of the kind which discovers only what it can explain).”
― Robert Bresson, Notes on Cinematography by R. Bresson

“With the centuries, the theatre has bourgeoisified. The CINEMA (photographed theatre) shows how far.”
― Robert Bresson, Notes on Cinematography by R. Bresson

“The sight of movement gives happiness: horse, athlete, bird.”
― Robert Bresson, Notes on Cinematography by R. Bresson

“Your film will have the beauty, or the sadness, or what have you, that one finds in a town, in a countryside, in a house, and not the beauty, sadness, ect. that one finds in the photograph of a town, a countryside, or a house.”
― Robert Bresson, Notes on Cinematography by R. Bresson

“An actor in cinematography might as well be in a foreign country. He does not speak the language.”
― Robert Bresson, Notes on Cinematography by R. Bresson