"Civilization is like a thin layer of ice……" — Werner Herzog

"Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness."

— Werner Herzog

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115 Quotes by Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog has 115 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

ِِِِِِِِِِArt house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want…
Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to…
The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and…
For a moment the feeling crept over me that my work, my vision, is going to destroy me, and for…
A fairly young, intelligent-looking man with long hair asked me whether filming or being filmed could do harm, whether it…
I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever…
If your project has real substance, ultimately the money will follow you like a common cur in the street with…
Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.
I see planets that don't exist and landscapes that have only been dreamed.
Life in the oceans must be sheer hell. A vast, merciless hell of permanent and immediate danger. So much of…
Without dreams we would be cows in a field, and I don't want to live like that. I live my…
We have to articulate ourselves. Otherwise we would be cows in the field.

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We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not… — Margaret Atwood
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams
Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man. — Henry Adams
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,… — Melody Beattie
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. — Samuel Beckett
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories. — Walter Benjamin
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough? — Wendell Berry
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. — Theodor Adorno
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his… — Napoleon Bonaparte
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be… — Robert Bork
I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home. — Christina Aguilera
I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom… — Christina Aguilera

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