Shooting a movie is the worst milieu for creative work ever devised by man.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe screen is a magic medium.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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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 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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The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
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I’m happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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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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Like the man said, can happiness buy money?
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One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
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Anybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.
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I never learned anything at all in school and didn’t read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.
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Everybody has their black moments.
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Either you care, or you don’t. There’s no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.
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Don’t get obsessed with not liking a movie.
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Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.
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I’ve never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.
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The screen is a magic medium.
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