Stanley Kubrick: Quotes about thinking

Stanley Kubrick was American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.

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“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation.”

Stanley Kubrick

Quoted in Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine (2013) by Phillipe Mather, p. 46
Context: I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

“Think [Schindler's List] was about the Holocaust?… That was about success, wasn’t it? The Holocaust is about six million people who get killed. ‘'Schindler’s List’' is about 600 who don’t. Anything else?”

Stanley Kubrick

Quoted in Eyes Wide Open: A Memoir of Stanley Kubrick (1999) by Frederic Raphael, p. 107

“When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an unusual thing to do in the early 50s for someone who actually go and make a film. People thought it was impossible. It really is terribly easy. All anybody needs is a camera, a tape recorder, and some imagination.”

Stanley Kubrick

Interviewed by Charles Kohler, East Village Eye (1968)

“You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.”

Stanley Kubrick

Newsweek (26 May 1980)