A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, ‘2001’ shows that what some people call ‘god’ is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don’t understand, they call ‘god’ -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.
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The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
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There’s something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.
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Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.
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I’m happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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It’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
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You’re an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.
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Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
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You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.
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I, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
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You either connect or you don’t connect. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a movie.
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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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I’m just an old man and I smell bad, remember?
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