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Werner Herzog Quotes

Werner Herzog quotes

Deutsch Director September 5, 1942

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If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million times correct facts. But it doesn’t illuminate. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that..."
Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence. Werner Herzog
A fairly young, intelligent-looking man with long hair asked me whether filming or being filmed could do harm, whether it could destroy a person. In my heart the answer was yes, but I said no. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see..."
You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really...."
I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard. Werner Herzog
The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no right to insist they react in a particular way. A film is just a projection of light, completed only when it crosses the gaze of the audience[...] Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "May I propose a Herzog dictum? those who read own the world,..."
May I propose a Herzog dictum? those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "I believe the common character of the universe is not harmony...."
I believe the common character of the universe is not harmony. but hostility, chaos and murder. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes..."
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. Werner Herzog
Nothing I have witnessed, from lava to crustacean, assailed me liked the caked debris haunting that small plastic soap hammock in the smaller of the bathrooms. Nausea is not a sufficient word. Werner Herzog
In the face of the obscene, explicit malice of the jungle, which lacks only dinosaurs as punctuation, I feel like a half-finished, poorly expressed sentence in a cheap novel. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews."
I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "I believe the common denominator of the universe is not..."
I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony; but chaos, hostility and murder. Werner Herzog
I'm quite convinced that cooking is the only alternative to film making. Maybe there's also another alternative, that's walking on foot. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog quote: "Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create..."
Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination. Werner Herzog

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