Leni Riefenstahl Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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. — Leni Riefenstahl

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

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

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. — Leni Riefenstahl

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

They kept asking me over and over again whether I was
having a romance with Hitler. Are you Hitler's girlfriend?
I laughed and answered the same way each time: No, those
are false rumours. I only made documentaries for him ... — Leni Riefenstahl

I feel as though I have lived many lives, experienced the heights and depths of each and like the waves of the ocean, never known rest. Throughout the years, I looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life. — Leni Riefenstahl

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. — Leni Riefenstahl