Ingmar Bergman
Master of existential cinema
Most quoted
"I have lived in this world, and I have loved in this world. And I have suffered in this world. And I have been happy in this world. And I have been unhappy in this world. And I have been afraid in this world. And I have been brave in this world. And I have been cowardly in this world. And I have been good in this world. And I have been bad in this world. And I have been a human being in this world."
— from The Seventh Seal, 1957
"I don't want to produce a work of art that the public can sit and suck aesthetically... I want to give them a blow in the small of the back, to scorch their indifference, to startle them out of their complacency."
"I want to be a good human being, a good artist, and a good craftsman. I want to be a good husband, a good father, a good friend. I want to be a good citizen. But I don't want to be a good Swede."
— from Interview
All quotes by Ingmar Bergman (370)
I think that the most important thing in life is to be hopeful. And to be optimistic. And to be positive. And to be cheerful.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be spiritual. And to be soulful. And to be enlightened. And to be divine.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be authentic. And to be genuine. And to be real. And to be true.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be unique. And to be special. And to be extraordinary. And to be remarkable.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be yourself. And to be proud of yourself. And to be happy with yourself. And to love yourself.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be alive. And to be present. And to be mindful. And to be conscious.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be human. And to be flawed. And to be imperfect. And to be vulnerable.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be honest. And to be true. And to be real. And to be authentic.
We add to our knowledge, but we are not changed. We are still the same, we are still as we were, we are still as we always will be.
I want to understand, not to believe.
Death is nothing. It's life that's difficult.
I have lived in this world, and I have loved in this world. And I have suffered in this world. And I have been happy in this world. And I have been unhappy in this world. And I have been afraid in this world. And I have been brave in this world. And I have been cowardly in this world. And I have been good in this world. And I have been bad in this world. And I have been a human being in this world.
Is it so cruelly incomprehensible that God should be silent?
We are all living in a dream. But we don't know it.
The human face is the most important thing in cinema. Everything else is secondary.
I believe in a spiritual world, but I don't believe in God.
To be an artist is to be a magician.
I have no faith. I have no hope. I have no love. I have nothing.
We are all prisoners of our own minds.
The only reality is the one we create for ourselves.
Contemporaries of Ingmar Bergman
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007).