Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson was an acclaimed French film director. Known for a spiritual and ascetic style, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth25 September 1901
CityBromont-Lamothe, France
CountryFrance
Robert Bresson quotes about
oneself direct
The point is not to direct someone, but to direct oneself.
originality
The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.
old-things novelty ifs
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.
numbers faculty resources
The faculty of using my resources well diminishes when their number grows.
different changed
Let nothing be changed and all be different.
spontaneity instant freshness
Catch instants. Spontaneity, freshness.
new-relationship ties persons
To create is not to deform or invent persons and things. It is to tie new relationships between persons and things which are, and as they are.