Werner Herzog Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.”

“Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.”

“I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century.”

“I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on the sidewalk.”

“Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes.”

“I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can't get rid of them. I did not invite them.”

“The universe is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man.”

“Yes, the pyramids have been built, but if you give me 300,000 disciplined men and give me 30 years, I could build a bigger one.”

“If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.”

“I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.”