Werner Herzog Quotes


"Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable."
- Werner Herzog
(Related: Power, Truth, Bizarre, Facts)

"I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews."
- Werner Herzog
"I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard."
- Werner Herzog
(Related: Work, Film)

"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
(Related: Art, Film)

"Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are."
- Werner Herzog
(Related: Dreams, Technology, Years)

"Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that."
- Werner Herzog
(Related: Art, Audiences, Want)

"I know whenever it comes to be really dysfunctional and vile and base and hostile on screen, I'm good at that!"
- Werner Herzog