The 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
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
STANLEY KUBRICKTake a stress pill and think things over– HAL in 2001
STANLEY KUBRICKHere’s to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it’s caused me.
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 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 KUBRICKDon’t get obsessed with not liking a movie.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
STANLEY KUBRICKCritical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.
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 happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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 KUBRICKYou’re an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’m just an old man and I smell bad, remember?
STANLEY KUBRICKThe very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
STANLEY KUBRICKSanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.
STANLEY KUBRICKYou either connect or you don’t connect. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a movie.
STANLEY KUBRICK