40 Quotes by Claude Chabrol

On ne peut pas tout avoir. Et puis d'abord où le mettrait-on?

La bêtise est infiniment plus fascinante que l'intelligence, infiniment plus profonde. L'intelligence a des limites, la bêtise n'en a pas!

Le cinéma est un des rares arts où le spectateur a un complexe de supériorité vis-à-vis de la chose qu'il voit. Il a tendance à se marrer, à se foutre de ce qu'il y a sur l'écran

I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.

There is no new wave, only the sea.

I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.

I brought the film like a flower to the world.

Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none.