Quotes of Stanley Kubrick - somelinesforyou

“ The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ It's a mistake to confuse pity with love. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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

“ I'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 Kubrick

“ You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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

“ The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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

“ If you can talk brilliantly enough about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ I'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 Kubrick

“ If you can talk brilliantly enough about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ It'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 Kubrick

“ If you can talk brilliantly enough about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ 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. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. ”

- Stanley Kubrick

“ If you can talk brilliantly enough about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. ”

- Stanley Kubrick
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