Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion. — 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
The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way. — 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
“If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“ [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 Image
