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Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.

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Agnes Varda
Age: 90 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 30
Died: 2019
Died: March 29
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Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer.
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I live in cinema. I feel I've lived here forever.
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I had a world. I don't think I had a career. I made films.
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I'm myself - knowing I'm doing a documentary and speaking with the people, telling them I have a bed, that I can eat every day, but I would like to speak to you. And they really gave me wonderful answers. We got along very well without trying to make me look like I'm what I'm not.
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I had flops, I had success.
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