Stanley Kubrick - Life Quotes

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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.

Stanley Kubrick

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death — however mutable man may be able to make them — our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

Stanley Kubrick

Somebody has said that man is the missing link between primitive apes and civilized human beings. You might say that the idea is inherent in 2001. We are semi-civilized, capable of cooperation and affection, but needing some sort of transfiguration into a higher form of life.

Stanley Kubrick

Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write War and Peace in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.

Stanley Kubrick