“Le Bonheur is strange, Documenteur is sad, Sans Toit ni Loi pessimistic but I try to keep somewhere in these films – even in the darkest of them – a feeling of energy. That’s different from pessimism or optimism. Inside these films, the mental activity and the pleasure of filming come together to create an energy that ends up replacing the feelings of happiness or sadness. Vital energy...”

“Le Bonheur is strange, Documenteur is sad, Sans Toit ni Loi pessimistic but I try to keep somewhere in these films – even in the darkest of them – a feeling of energy. That’s different from pessimism or optimism. Inside these films, the mental activity and the pleasure of filming come together to create an energy that ends up replacing the feelings of happiness or sadness. Vital energy...”

— Agnes Varda