I try to be after something that is deeply reverberating inside of our souls, some deep echo from - even from prehistory. What makes us humans? How do we communicate? Where are we going at this moment? Something for an audience where they can step outside of themselves, where they can be almost like in ecstasy of truth, some sort of deep illumination. And that's what I'm trying in documentaries and in feature films.
Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination. - Werner Herzog
Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.
- Werner Herzog
Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. - Werner Herzog
Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.
Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence. - Werner Herzog
Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.
There is a fascination about crime, which is understandable, but hardly anyone talks about the families of victims of violent crime and the devastati… - Werner Herzog
There is a fascination about crime, which is understandable, but hardly anyone talks about the families of victims of violent crime and the devastati…
The trees are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don’t think they sing. They just screech in pain. …Taking a close look at what’s around us, t… - Werner Herzog
The trees are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don’t think they sing. They just screech in pain. …Taking a close look at what’s around us, t…
I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder. - Werner Herzog
I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.
Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrif… - Werner Herzog
Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrif…
Get used to the bear behind you. - Werner Herzog
Get used to the bear behind you.
I'm trying to find these rare moments where you feel completely illuminated. Facts never illuminate you. The phone directory of Manhattan doesn't ill… - Werner Herzog
I'm trying to find these rare moments where you feel completely illuminated. Facts never illuminate you. The phone directory of Manhattan doesn't ill…
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