“The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with seve...” — Leni Riefenstahl Quote

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.”

“What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.”

“I think what maybe starts out when you're younger as being something about slightly showing off or being given applause because people think that you're good at something, as you get older it becomes less about that and it becomes more about the fascination of why people do the things that they do.”