When you're making a film, you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and there is a tendency to always shoot from the hip. Stanley Kubrick More Quotes by Stanley Kubrick More Quotes From Stanley Kubrick Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better. Stanley Kubrick done stories jobs Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea. Stanley Kubrick ignite know-how ideas However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light. Stanley Kubrick existentialism light darkness The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good. Stanley Kubrick tests fun art 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. Stanley Kubrick meaning-of-life light darkness The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it. Stanley Kubrick feels thinking I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want. Stanley Kubrick knows want Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous. Stanley Kubrick dangerous real people If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart. Stanley Kubrick heart attitude thinking Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way. Stanley Kubrick if-you-care care way The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. Stanley Kubrick humour political history A film needs more than you can give it in a lifetime. Stanley Kubrick film giving needs Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. He is irrational, brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where his own interests are involved-that about sums it up. I'm interested in the brutal and violent nature of man because it's a true picture of him. And any attempt to create social institutions on a false view of the nature of man is probably doomed to failure. Stanley Kubrick views silly men You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity--no better, no worse. Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel comfortable. Stanley Kubrick individuality perfect monsters Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all. Stanley Kubrick ridiculous cameras sound There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories. Stanley Kubrick enigma clear personality The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Stanley Kubrick force creative men Everybody has their black moments. Stanley Kubrick black moments You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it. Stanley Kubrick film beautiful men A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. Stanley Kubrick independent-filmmaking film-directing movie
