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 interest…

- Stanley Kubrick

If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable …

- Stanley Kubrick

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

- Stanley Kubrick

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

- Stanley Kubrick

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

- Stanley Kubrick

Nothing is as dangerous as a sure thing.

- Stanley Kubrick

Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.

- Stanley Kubrick

Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.

- Stanley Kubrick

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

- Stanley Kubrick