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 KUBRICKHere’s to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it’s caused me.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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Like the man said, can happiness buy money?
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I’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.
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I’m happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.
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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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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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How does anybody ever think of anything?
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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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Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.
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Everybody has their black moments.
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I’m not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of being killed.
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All my life I’ve always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.
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I’m just an old man and I smell bad, remember?
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The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
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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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