33 Quotes by Jean Renoir

The real hell of life is everyone has his reasons.

The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.

We do not exist through ourselves alone but through the environment that shaped us.

Among seekers of truth, painters perhaps come closest to discovering the secret of the balance of forces of the universe, and hence of man's fulfillment.

His nudes and his roses declared to men of this century, already deep in their task of destruction, the stability of the eternal balance of nature.

A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again.

يمكن للقراءة أن تصبح آفة أسوأ من الكحول والمورفين. لا ينبغي أن تتخم بالكتب، لكن لو فعلت هذا، عليك عندئذ أن تقرأ الأعمال العظيمة فقط. الكتّاب العظام يقربوننا من الطبيعة، أما الرومنتيكيون فيبعدوننا عنها. الأمر المثالي هو أن يقرأ المرء كتابا واحداً فقط طيلة حياته.اليهود فعلوا ذلك بإخلاصهم للكتاب المقدس، والعرب مع القرآن.

Curiously enough, Sanson's assistant disapproved of Dr Guillotin's invention. it had ruined the profession by making it too easy. facility always opens the doors to amateurs. In olden times, in order to cut off a head with the axe, one needed some training in the profession, not to mention a few natural gifts such as a sharp eye and a steady hand. But what merit is there in manipulating a machine which does the whole job for you?

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?