Werner Herzog
Visionary filmmaker and profound quotable figure
Most quoted
"There are deeper strata of truth in cinema, and there is such a thing as poetic, ecstatic truth. It is mysterious and elusive, and can be reached only through fabrication and imagination and stylization."
— from Minnesota Declaration, 1999
"I don't think there's any such thing as 'nature' in the abstract. There's only the nature of this particular jungle, this particular desert, this particular mountain range. And they are all hostile."
— from Various interviews
"I don't think there's any such thing as a natural born filmmaker. I think you have to be a little bit crazy to want to be a filmmaker."
— from Interview
All quotes by Werner Herzog (379)
I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist.
The only thing that matters is the film itself.
I'm not interested in making films for critics, I'm interested in making films for audiences.
The world is not a place for comfort.
The only way to make a film is to be completely free.
I'm not interested in making films that are perfect.
The world is a stage, and I'm playing my part.
The world is a canvas, and I'm painting my masterpiece.
I'm not interested in making films that are easy to forget.
I'm not interested in making films that are superficial.
The world is a song, and I'm singing my melody.
I'm not interested in making films that are meaningless.
I'm not interested in making films that are ordinary.
The world is a book, and I'm writing my chapter.
I would like to see the Amazonas develop a strong film culture. The choice, I believe, is between the projector or the bow and arrow.
Tourism is sin, and travel on foot virtue.
I don't believe in the so-called inner life of the actor. I believe in the inner life of the character.
We are surrounded by a society that is consumer-oriented, and in a way, it's a society that is infantilized.
There is a harmony, a harmony of collective murder.
I would not call it a dream, I would call it a task.
Contemporaries of Werner Herzog
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of Werner Herzog (1942).