Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it.

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• Emmanuelle Riva:

  In acting, you draw so much on your private life.

• Emmanuelle Riva:

  If by chance people would still offer me roles, I'd still like to do them. But if not, that's OK.

• Emmanuelle Riva:

  I love life. I love life to death.

• Emmanuelle Riva:

  I've never wanted to be a star, never.

• Emmanuelle Riva:

  It is dreadful to see actors reproducing the same image constantly.

• Emmanuelle Riva:

  Acting makes you live plenty of lives.

• Etel Adnan:

  I didn't want to read French or write it; it was like a boycott, a rejection.

• Etel Adnan:

  Once I put down a color, I never cover it up. If you are born a musician, why become a banker?

• Etel Adnan:

  I always had a few people who liked what I did, and that was enough.

• Etel Adnan:

  Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint... Painting is close