All Michael Haneke Quotes
- To be perfectly honest, I think that as I'm growing older, I'm just growing more impatient. I'll be very happy if at some point people… Age
- My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an appeal for a… American
- I'm not really a happy person. It's a question of temperament. I have a tendency toward melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic. Feel
- Writers and filmakers, that is, people who describe the world, suffer from an occupational disease. They never experience moments in life quite spontaneously. You always… Always Look
- Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral, horrific, or transgressive… Consumable
- Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth. Attempt
- It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass. Answer
- Film is simply the most complex way you can express yourself Complex
- A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation. Achieved
- And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films, it would be 'Civil War' - not civil war in the… All
- Classicism becomes avant-garde when everyone else is doing their utmost to develop new stylistic forms. I think it's healthy to return to classical forms. Avant
- An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message. Answers
- What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them. Another Person
- People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think… Absolute
- Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's… Been
- It's a fact that people who are in a weakened position, whether physically or mentally, have this perception of the outer world as threatening. Everything… Danger
- It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image… Beginning
- It's unbearable when someone changes around you. Just imagine that your life partner changes, then it is difficult to cope with. Or your mother. Or… Baby
- There is just as much evil in all of us as there is good. We're all continuously guilty, even if we're not doing it intentionally… All
- A feature film is twenty-four lies per second. Feature
- All movies assault the viewer in one way or another. All
- As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. European
- As a private person, professionally I am invisible. Inspirational
- At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of jumping… Act
- Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. Avoiding