The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
It's impossible to tell you what I'm going to do except to say that I expect to make the best movie ever… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They're admired and hero-worshipped… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
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… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
It's a passion when you're doing it for other people and you're doing it for the people around you making the film and the… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
“ [When asked if he had ever learned anything about his work from film criticism] No. To see a film once and write a… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: 'The lady is smiling because she… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthromorphic image of God. I don't believe… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share
