All Krzysztof Kieslowski Quotes
- (When asked what a director does) I help. Asked
- Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult. Beyond
- I have no problem being with people of different nationalities. Different Nationalities
- Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made. Biggest
- That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film. Commit
- In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something. Believe
- The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this… Bad
- For 6,000 years, these rules have been unquestionably right. And yet we break them every day. People feel that something is wrong in life. There… Atmosphere
- The relationship between the films and the individual Commandments [is] a tentative one. The films should be influenced by the individual Commandments to the same… Commandments
- Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one. Feeling
- Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way… Apartment
- We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence. All
- Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking? Equality
- You make films to give people something, to transport them somewhere else, and it doesn't matter if you transport them to a world of intuition… All
- In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. All
- There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual. Each
- For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you. Appeals
- I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know. Chance
- Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could… Deal
- I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas. Believe
- To tell you the truth, in my work, love is always in opposition to the elements. It creates dilemmas. It brings in suffering. We can't… Brings
- I wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the great documentary filmmakers:… Describe
- We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love. Always Looking
- And in that time. When men decide and feel safe. To call the war insane, Take one moment to embrace. Those gentle heroes. You left… Behind