Leni Riefenstahl

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

“Reality doesn't interest me.”

“I was never an anti-Semite.”

“To me, the exteriors are just as important as the interiors. It's all one.”

“Art is the beauty of the world.”

“Triumph of the Will is a purely historical film... a film-vérité. It reflects the truth that was then, in 1934, history. It is therefore a documentary, not a propaganda film.”

“What is purely realistic, slice of life, what is average, quotidian, doesn't interest me.”

“I was only interested in my work. I was not politically engaged.”

“All my films were documentaries. I have never made a propaganda film.”

“I told the truth. I have nothing to hide.”

“I find it outrageous to be called a Nazi.”

“I was one of the millions who thought Hitler had all the answers. We just followed what we were told.”

“I have a terrible conscience.”

“I have always been a very intuitive person, and my intuition has told me what to do.”

“Death is very often the theme of my films.”