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)
The landscape is not innocent. It is full of cruelty.
I am fascinated by people who are on the edge, who are obsessed, who are driven by a dream.
I don't see much difference between a documentary and a feature film. They are all just films.
I have a very deep respect for the mystery of the world.
I am not a man of faith, but I am a man of belief.
I have a very deep suspicion of psychology.
I am not a man of the system. I am a man of the margins.
I have a very deep respect for the power of nature.
I am not a man of the city. I am a man of the wilderness.
I have a very deep suspicion of ideology.
I am not a man of the crowd. I am a man of solitude.
I have a very deep respect for the power of the image.
I am not a man of the word. I am a man of the image.
I have a very deep suspicion of authority.
I am not a man of the past. I am a man of the future.
I have a very deep respect for the power of the story.
I am not a man of the surface. I am a man of the depths.
I have a very deep suspicion of the easy answer.
I am not a man of the many. I am a man of the few.
Contemporaries of Werner Herzog
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of Werner Herzog (1942).