Werner Herzog Quote Explained: May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.

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I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Filmmaker

· Germany

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Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

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The collapse of the stellar universe will occur – like creation – in grandiose splendor.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

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It doesn’t matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

Digital
Film

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We ought to be grateful that the Universe out there knows no smile.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

Grateful

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I prefer to be alive, so I’m cautious about taking risks.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

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Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

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We have to articulate ourselves. Otherwise we would be cows in the field.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

Cows

May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.

May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.

The collapse of the stellar universe will occur – like creation – in grandiose splendor.

It doesn’t matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.

We ought to be grateful that the Universe out there knows no smile.

I prefer to be alive, so I’m cautious about taking risks.

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

We have to articulate ourselves. Otherwise we would be cows in the field.

Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive.

My only fashion school was what I saw in the newspapers and on television

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

In fact, most good television is better than most movies that are out.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

When you go to the cinema you look up, when you watch television you look down.

I would never see a good movie for the first time on television.

I’d really been wanting to do a television series. I was looking for a comedy.

May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.

May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.

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