In the Chauvet Cave, there is a painting of a bison embracing the lower part of a naked female body. Why does Pablo Picasso, who had no knowledge of the Chauvet Cave, use exactly the same motif in his series of drawings of the Minotaur and the woman? Very, very strange.
Werner HerzogSome of the most important caves, like Lascaux in the Dordogne region in France, have had to be closed down. There had been too many people allowed in, and they left a mold on the walls that is spreading and which can't really be stopped.
Werner HerzogI believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.
Werner HerzogThe collapse of the stellar universe will occur - like creation - in grandiose splendor.
Werner Herzog