Best Ingmar Bergman Sayings
- Today we say all art is political. But I'd say all art has to do with ethics. Which after all really comes to the same… All
- People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive… Aim
- For me, in those days, the great question was: Does God exist? Or doesn't God exist? Can we, by an attitude of faith, attain to… Attain
- Our social relationships are limited, most of the time, to gossip and criticizing people's behavior. This observation slowly pushed me to isolate from the so-called… Behavior
- One of ennui's most terribel components is the overwhelming feeling of ennui that comes over you whenever you try to explain it. Components
- I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has never… Confine
- Say anything you want against The Seventh Seal. My fear of death — this infantile fixation of mine — was, at that moment, overwhelming. I… Any
- When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion. Putting aside will and intellect, we make way for it in our imagination. The… Affect
- The world is a den of thieves, and night is falling. Evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a mad dog. The… Affectionate
- Death: Do you never stop questioning? Antonius Block: No. I never stop. Block
- I want to confess as best I can, but my heart is void. The void is a mirror. I see my face and feel loathing… Best
- The film medium is some sort of magic. I think also it's a magic that every frame comes and stands still for a fraction of… Complete
- One has to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman) Alone
- I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons don’t like fresh air - they… Absolute
- Occasionally I sense an insane wail deep down in the pit, the echo alone reaching me, striking without warning, a child weeping uninhibitedly, imprisoned forever. Alone
- Perhaps we are the same person. Perhaps we have no limits; perhaps we flow into each other, stream through each other, boundlessly and magnificently. You… Almost Painful
- Sometimes I go for days without speaking to a soul. I think, “I should make that call", but I put it off. Because there’s something… Call
- I want to stop. I want to stay on Fårö, and read the books I haven’t read, find out things I haven’t yet found out.… Book
- When you feel perpetually unmotivated, you start questioning your existence in an unhealthy way; everything becomes a pseudo intellectual question you have no interest in… Absent