It’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
STANLEY KUBRICKIt’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
STANLEY KUBRICKDon’t do anything. Just tolerate me and let me suffer, knowing how you feel.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’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.
STANLEY KUBRICKIt’s crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’m not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of being killed.
STANLEY KUBRICKYou’re constantly changing man. But the film’s not changing. The film stays the same. That’s the beautiful aspect of it.
STANLEY KUBRICKI, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
STANLEY KUBRICKThere’s something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage.
STANLEY KUBRICKAnybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.
STANLEY KUBRICKHow does anybody ever think of anything?
STANLEY KUBRICKI’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks.
STANLEY KUBRICKA satirist is someone who has a very skeptical view of human nature, but who still has the optimism to make some sort of a joke out of it. However brutal that joke might be.
STANLEY KUBRICK