The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
STANLEY KUBRICKThe dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
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 KUBRICKEverything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’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.
STANLEY KUBRICKI’m not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of being killed.
STANLEY KUBRICKYou either connect or you don’t connect. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a movie.
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 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 a mistake to confuse pity with love.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
STANLEY KUBRICKI used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.
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 KUBRICKTake a stress pill and think things over– HAL in 2001
STANLEY KUBRICKBad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
STANLEY KUBRICK