Top 28 Quotes by Stanley Kubrick

About Stanley Kubrick

These are some quotes by American author Stanley Kubrick Director, who lived between July 26, 1928 and March 7, 1999.

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.

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

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

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.

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

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

Stanley Kubrick

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

Stanley Kubrick

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

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

Stanley Kubrick

Art consists of reshaping life, but it does not create life nor cause life.

Art consists of reshaping life, but it does not create life nor cause life.

Stanley Kubrick

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

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

Stanley Kubrick

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