Growing older is like climbing a mountain: the higher you get, the more strength you need, but the further you see.

- Ingmar Bergman

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.

- Ingmar Bergman

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of …

- Ingmar Bergman

We make each other alive; it doesn’t make a difference if it hurts.

- Ingmar Bergman

Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.

- Ingmar Bergman

One has to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman)

- Ingmar Bergman

Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views beco…

- Ingmar Bergman

I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.

- Ingmar Bergman

To shoot a film is to organize an entire universe.

- Ingmar Bergman