Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.
STANLEY KUBRICKArt consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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Here’s to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it’s caused me.
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The 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.
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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 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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You’re constantly changing man. But the film’s not changing. The film stays the same. That’s the beautiful aspect of it.
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New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence anathema.
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The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
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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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Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
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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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How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: ‘The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover.’ This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I don’t want this to happen to 2001.
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Like the man said, can happiness buy money?
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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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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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All my life I’ve always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.
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