Ingmar Bergman was a legendary filmmaker and writer from Sweden. He started his career with theatre, and after writing and acting in various plays he was chosen as a director. His first play ‘Caspar’s Death’ which was directed and written by him was well-received by the masses. This paved his path in movies where he served as an assistant director before directing the movie ‘Smiles of a Summer Night’. This movie made him famous globally and he was also nominated at ‘Palme d'Or at Cannes’ for the same. He directed various other movies and was known for his way of portraying realism. His movies were honored with many awards and he is believed to have won the most number of reputed Academy Awards. His film ‘The Virgin Spring’ was a box-office hit and brought him his first Academy Award. His film ‘Through a Glass Darkly’ also won an Academy Award. His film ‘Fanny and Alexander’ turned out to be a major hit commercially and won four Academy Awards. We bring to you a compilation of thoughts and quotations by the renowned filmmaker and writer. Go through the notable quotations and sayings by Ingmar Bergman which have been curated from his life, writings, interviews, plays and work.
Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.
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.
I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has never hesitated to give truth the form he felt the occasion demanded.
Occasionally I sense an insane wail deep down in the pit, the echo alone reaching me, striking without warning, a child weeping uninhibitedly, imprisoned forever.
DESIREE: Don't forget, Madame, that love is a perpetual juggling of three balls. Their names are heart, word and sex. How easily these three balls can be juggled, and how easily one of them can be dropped.
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