Ingmar Bergman
Swedish · 1918–2007
Swedish master whose intensely personal films explored faith, mortality, and the human psyche with uncompromising depth.
Wikipedia ↗“No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.”
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“Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.”
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“The demons are innumerable, arrive at the most inappropriate times, and create panic and terror. But I have learned that if I can master the negative forces and channel them into my work, it can be positive.”
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“Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your view becomes much more extensive.”
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“I make all my decisions on intuition. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.”
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