“[On Dr. Strangelove ]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
In his essay on the uncanny, Das Unheimliche, Freud said that the uncanny is the only feeling which is more powerfully experienced… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
All my life I've always spoiled the things that meant the most to me. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent... if we come to… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
If man merely sat back and thought about his impending termination, and his terrifying insignificance and aloneness in the cosmos, he would… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity--no better, no worse.… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. If it can be written or thought, it can be… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“If man merely sat back and thought about his impending termination, and his terrifying insignificance and aloneness in the cosmos, he would… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of… — 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
