Quotes by Stanley Kubrick

“A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.”

“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.”

“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.”

“The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale”

“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.”

“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.”

“My advice to young film-makers is this: Dont follow trends, Start them!”

“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”

“A good description is a magician that can turn an ear into an eye”

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

“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 its really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.”

“Ive 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.”

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

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.

Observation is a dying art.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.

The destruction of this universe would have no significance on a cosmic scale.

If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing between alternatives at a time when an impulsive decision seems very attractive.

The purpose of bayonet training is to awaken your killer instincts. The killer instinct will make you strong. If the meek ever inherit the earth the strong will take it away from them. The weak exist to be devoured by the strong. Every Marine must pack his own gear. Every Marine must be the instrument of his own salvation.