“ I'm very, very lazy. I love to sit in a chair and look out the window and do nothing. Ingmar Bergman
“ No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does straight to our emotions deep into the twilight room of the soul. Ingmar Bergman
“ 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. Ingmar Bergman
“ The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left. Ingmar Bergman
“ My pictures are always part of my thinking, and my emotions, tensions, dreams, desires. Ingmar Bergman
“ I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I must know why I made that decision. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear… Ingmar Bergman
“ 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. Ingmar Bergman
“ Today the individual has become the highest form, and the greatest bane, of artistic creation. The smallest wound or pain of the ego is examined under a microscope as if it were of eternal importance.… Ingmar Bergman
“ We didn't know that Mother had gone through a passionate love affair or that Father suffered from severe depression. Mother was preparing to break out of her marriage, Father threatening to take his o… Ingmar Bergman
“ All of us collect fortunes when we are children. A fortune of colors of lights and darkness of movement of tensions. Some of us have the fantastic chance to go back to his fortune when grown up. Ingmar Bergman
“ Minus: Papa, I'm scared. When I was hugging Karin in the boat, reality burst open. Do you understand?David: I do.Minus: Reality burst open, and I tumbled out. It's like a dream. Anything can happen. A… Ingmar Bergman
“ Death: When next we meet, the hour will strike for you and your friends.Antonius Block: And will you reveal your secrets?Death: I have no secrets.Antonius Block: So do you know nothing?Death: I am unk… Ingmar Bergman
“ I understand, all right. The hopeless dream of being - not seeming, but being. At every waking moment, alert. The gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone. The vertigo and the cons… Ingmar Bergman
