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“ at the press conference for the film he impressed everyone with his complete sincerity and innocence. he said he had come to see the sea for the first time and marveled at how clean it was. someone told him that, in fact, it wasn't. 'when the world is emptied of human beings' he said, 'it will become so again ”

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What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

~ Werner Herzog

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If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.

~ Werner Herzog

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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 illiterates.

~ Werner Herzog

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Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right. The film has a privilege to live its own life and develop its own character. To suppress this is dangerous. It is an approach that works the other way too: sometimes the footage has amazing qualities that you did not expect

~ Werner Herzog

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