Author: Werner Herzog

Quotes

Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

- Werner Herzog

Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.

Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.

- Werner Herzog

Yes, the pyramids have been built, but if you give me 300,000 disciplined men and give me 30 years, I could build a bigger one.

Yes, the pyramids have been built, but if you give me 300,000 disciplined men and give me 30 years, I could build a bigger one.

- Werner Herzog

The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.

The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.

- Werner Herzog

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.

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

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.

- Werner Herzog

Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes.

Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes.

- Werner Herzog

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