Art Quotes by Werner Herzog

15 Art quotes by Werner Herzog

Herzog’s unmistakable voice—part poet, part explorer—comes alive in these fifteen reflections. He treats art as a wild, untamed force, urging readers to confront both beauty and the abyss that lies beneath the surface.

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

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Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.

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Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of…

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Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art…

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You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but…

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I looked, for example, to certain types of literature to which I would like to refer, like The Peregrine by J. A.…

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This is the birth of the modern human soul. The artists are like us, not like the Neanderthals, who had no culture…

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When we speak about trespassing, we speak about artistic trespassing. You have to be prudent and have common sense and a sense…

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I am not an artist and never have been. Rather I am like a craftsman and feel very close to the mediaeval…

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The paintings are not just on flat walls - you have these enormous niches, bulges and protrusions, as well as stalactites and…

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We live in an era when established values are no longer valid, when prodigious discoveries are being made every year, when catastrophes…

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ِِِِِِِِِِArt house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see.…

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Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in…

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While you are walking you would learn much more about filmmaking than if you were in a classroom. During your voyage you…

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When you look at the paintings at Chauvet Cave, they're not primitive or like children's little scribbles, it bursts on the scene…

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