Meaning of the quote

This quote expresses the desire to experience and understand the world around us. The speaker, a German director named Leni Riefenstahl, is saying that seeing and observing is what gives meaning to her life. She wants to use her senses and her experiences to learn more about the world, because that is what her life is all about.

About Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl was a talented German film director, photographer, and actress known for her work on Nazi propaganda films like Triumph of the Will and Olympia. She had a successful acting career before transitioning to directing, and her technical innovations in filmmaking made her films highly effective, if controversial, propaganda tools.

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More quotes from Leni Riefenstahl

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

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902-2003)

Reality doesn’t interest me.

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902-2003)

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 have looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life.

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902-2003)

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

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902-2003)

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

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902-2003)

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

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902-2003)

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

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902-2003)