We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence.

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's fate - but you can't want to make a film si…

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It's an obsession of mine: that different people…

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual.

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editi…

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know.

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

- Krzysztof Kieslowski

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.

- Krzysztof Kieslowski