Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić, known as Werner Herzog, is a German screenwriter, film director, author, actor and opera director...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 September 1942
CityMunich, Germany
CountryGermany
Werner Herzog quotes about
vote kind
I'm not a citizen of America, I cannot vote. But it is fascinating because there's a new kind of protagonist out there that we didn't expect. By the way, I'm not in any panic at all.
demon divine
As for the "anger" of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.
filmmaking filmmaker ifs
Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.
despair trouble
Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.
landscape planets
I see planets that don't exist and landscapes that have only been dreamed.
exotic form surroundings
I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for human beings.
behind-you bears used
Get used to the bear behind you.
useless exhausted evolution
We are surrounded by worn-out, banal, useless and exhausted images, limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution.
steps killing genocide
I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.
devastation fascination crime
There is a fascination about crime, which is understandable, but hardly anyone talks about the families of victims of violent crime and the devastation that is beyond the victim alone.
understanding indifference mercy
I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature.
maps underwear toothbrushes
I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.
party red events
I live my life outside of the glitz and glamour of the red carpet events, and so you'll never see me there. I'm never at parties.