Werner Herzog quotes - page 3

Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, and actor known for his unique and visionary approach to cinema. His work often explores the extremes of human experience and the relationship between people and nature. He has earned international acclaim for both his documentaries and narrative films. Here are 91 of his quotes:

If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big colour photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe. (Werner Herzog)
May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it. View quote
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I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema, writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting. View quote
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Coincidences always happen if you keep your mind open, while storyboards remain the instruments of cowards who do not trust in their own imagination and who are slaves of a matrix If you get used to planning your shots based solely on aesthetics, you are never that far from kitsch. View quote
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I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour. View quote
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That man is a head taller than me. That may change. View quote
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Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right. The film has a privilege to live its own life and develop its own character. To suppress this is dangerous. View quote
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The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot. View quote
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Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life. View quote
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I think there should be holy war against yoga classes. View quote
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I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks. (Werner Herzog)
The universe is not harmonious: you know that by looking outside. View quote
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Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision. View quote
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I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century. View quote
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I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush. View quote
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I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. View quote
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If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him. View quote
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I find it interesting that there are impostors out on the Internet pretending to be Werner Herzog. View quote
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I have nothing against 3D films but I do not need to see them. View quote
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Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are. View quote
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I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard. (Werner Herzog)
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. View quote
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You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise. View quote
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I think it is a quest of literature throughout the ages to describe the human condition. View quote
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Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right. The film has a privilege to live its own life and develop its own character. To suppress this is dangerous. It is an approach that works the other way too: sometimes the footage has amazing qualities that you did not expect. View quote
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Photo: Nicolas Genin, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: German Director
Born: September 5, 1942
Quotes count: 91
Wikipedia: Werner Herzog

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