Leni Riefenstahl Quotes

I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see

I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.

I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.

Reality doesn't interest me.

The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.

How awful for them [Hitler's victims] to see those swastikas, the SS men and the SA - people we'd never thought of as criminals.

I [seek] a style in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet.

Everywhere I went I experienced the same success, which transcends words.

I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.