Jean-Luc Godard Quotes

9 quotes

French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)

“Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.”

"He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch."

on Courage

"Sometime reality is too complex. Stories give it form."

on Philosophy

"A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order."

on Writing

"One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together."

on Art

"The cinema is truth 24 frames-per-second"

on Art

"Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self."

on Art

"To be immortal and then die"

on Philosophy

"To be or not to be. That's not really a question."

on Philosophy