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 have made it a rule never to look back, never to indulge in nostalgia.
The older I get, the less I know.
I am a person who has never been able to accept the world as it is.
The most important thing in life is to be able to give and receive love.
I have always been more interested in the question than the answer.
I have never been interested in making films for the masses. I make films for myself.
I am a person who is constantly searching for meaning in a meaningless world.
I have always been afraid of death, but I have also been fascinated by it.
I am a person who has always been drawn to the dark side of life.
I have never been able to separate my life from my work.
Contemporaries of Ingmar Bergman
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007).