As for the "anger" of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.
Werner HerzogGaining trust is not difficult for me. I needed to gain the trust of the North Korean supervisors.
Werner HerzogI make films because I have not learned anything else and I know I can do it to a certain degree. And it is my duty because this might be the inner chronicle of what we are. We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in the field.
Werner HerzogWhen you look at the paintings at Chauvet Cave, they're not primitive or like children's little scribbles, it bursts on the scene fully accomplished and when you look through the faces of cultural history, art history, it has never gotten any better.
Werner Herzog