The Young Kieslowski Quotes

Or take this girl, for example. At a meeting just outside Paris, a fifteen-year-old girl came up to me and said that she'd been to see [The Double Life of] Véronique. She'd gone once, twice, three times and only wanted to say one thing really - that she realized that there is such a thing as a soul. She hadn't known before, but now she knew that the soul does exist. There's something very beautiful in that. It was worth making Véronique for that girl. It was worth working for a year, sacrificing all that money, energy, time, patience, torturing yourself, killing yourself, taking thousands of decisions, so that one young girl in Paris should realize that there is such a thing as a soul. It's worth it. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

(When asked what a director does) I help. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

I'm not really sure who I am but I love reading books. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

I'm not someone who remembers dreams for long. I forget them as soon as I wake up- if I've had any, that is. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

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

It's an obsession of mine, that different people, in different places, are thinking the same thing, but for different reasons. I try to make films which connect people. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

I sensed a mutual indifference behind polite smiles and had the overwhelming impression that, more and more frequently, I was watching people who didn't really know why they were living. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking? ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

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 be used against them - which sometimes happened. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

The realm of superstitions, fortune-telling, presentiments, intuition, dreams, all this is the inner life of a human being, and all this is the hardest thing to film. ~ 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

But I reckon that this realm of higher needs, of something more than just forgetting about everyday life, of mere recreation, this realm of needs has been clearly neglected by us. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

Why did they devise censorship? To show a world which doesn't exist, an ideal world, or what they envisaged as the ideal world. And we wanted to depict the world as it was. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

[on Rouge] This is a film about communication that disappears. We have better and better tools and less and less communication with each other. We only exchange information. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

We understand the concept of equality, that we all want to be equal. But I think this is absolutely not true. I don't think anybody really wants to be equal. Everybody wants to be more equal. ~ 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

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 become inscribed in the spectator's memory. ~ 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

I was happy when I got into film school. I'd simply satisfied my ambition to show them that I could get in - nothing else - although I do believe they shouldn't have accepted me. I was a complete idiot. I can't understand why they took me. Probably because I'd tried three times. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

I feel Polish. More specifically, I feel like I'm from the tiny village in the Northeast of Poland where I have a house and where I love to spend time. But I don't work there. I cut wood. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

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 live with it, and we can't live without it. You'll rarely find a happy ending in my work. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

In ten phrases, the ten commandments express the essential of life. And these three words
liberty, equality, and fraternity
do just as much. Millions of people have died for those ideals. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

This, among other things, is where the magic of the screen lies: that suddenly, as an audience, you find yourself in a state of tension because you're in a world shown to you by the director. That world is so coherent, so comprehensive, so succinct that you're transported into it and experience tension because you sense the tension between the characters. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

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 is some kind of atmosphere that makes people now turn to other values. They want to contemplate the basic questions of life, and that is probably the real reason for wanting to tell these stories. ~ 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 editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

Do you think Western Civilization has come to an end?
"We are clearly going through a cultural crisis at the moment. It's a phase where we are trying to distinguish values of life. People are looking for a solution and perhaps they will find it. But the radicality of the search will change their view of life."
So there is a cultural crises?
"There is a general crisis, but it's not the end of the world.
But the crisis it total?
"And so what? The crisis means that now the world is at the bottom of a sinus curve. In the nature of things, it will now rise and fall again later. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

Regardless of the subject of my films ... I am looking for a way of evoking in audiences feelings similar to my own: the physically painful impotence and sorrow that assail me when I see a man weeping at the bus stop, when I observe people struggling vainly to get close to others, when I see someone eating up the left-overs in a cheap restaurant, when I see the first blotches on a woman's hand and know that she too is bitterly aware of them, when I see the kind of appalling and irreparable injustice that so visibly scars the human face. I want this pain to come across to my audience, to see this physical agony, which I think I am beginning to fathom, to seep into my work. ~ Krzysztof Kieslowski

I keep thinking how young can you die from old age ~ Drake

It's always surprising to me how many young women think they have to be perfect. I rarely meet a young man who doesn't think he already is. ~ Hillary Clinton

Read the lyrics to N. Young's Harvest Moon and you'll know. ~ N. Young

Ungentlemanliness?" he teased. "I dare you to say that five times fast. ~ Samantha Young

Abuse doesn't define you. ~ C. Kennedy

Relentless enthusiasm keeps us young. ~ Debasish Mridha

I grew up missing my mom while she was right in front of me. ~ Maggie Young

Let's start the next chapter, baby. ~ Samantha Young

Hoddies are pants for your arms! ~ Adam Young

Affairs began, drama spread, and traditional, good-old-boy camaraderie was tainted by the temptresses who represented the inconvenience of feminism. ~ Maggie Young

I was young and stupid then. Now I'm not young anymore. ~ Jyrki Lumme

The Freaks are coming. ~ J.O. Young

Young men and young women, full of courage, originality, and genius, are everywhere to be met with. ~ Frank Crowninshield

How was it possible to miss someone when they were standing right next to you? ~ Samantha Young

To a young heart everything is fun. ~ Charles Dickens

When you're very young, images that you upload into your very young mind tend to stay with you. ~ Henry Rollins

He's not yet realized that by giving away nothing but barefaced lies he's come to wither and rot inside. But she's still looking for him into the void of his cold heart. ~ Llarjme

Emotionally intelligent people think before they speak and exercise discretion. ~ Susan C. Young

She was young the way an actual young person is young. ~ Nell Zink

But what has happened is that emotional evolution has not caught up with our economics. We are still haunted by the outdated myth that women need men. ~ Maggie Young

Emotionally intelligent people hold themselves accountable for their behavior, failures, decisions, and successes. ~ Susan C. Young

The deeper into this chapter in my life I get, the fainter the hum of crucifixion becomes. ~ Maggie Young

It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools. ~ Brigham Young

We were sexual targets, marked as eternal sluts for exploring the desires only acceptable in men. ~ Maggie Young

Prime yourself for success and demonstrate to others that you are diligent, reliable, and trustworthy. ~ Susan C. Young

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his. ~ George Dennison Prentice

Love makes those young whom age doth chill, and whom he finds young keeps young still. ~ William Cartwright

Emotionally intelligent people have an ability to manage stress as it happens and remain calm through chaos. ~ Susan C. Young

It's been a pleasure pleasing you. ~ T.S. Pettibone

He fought his inner wuss and groaned, Fine. Bait me up and show me the hook. ~ Samantha Young

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent. ~ Young Buck

Turning Hope into Possibilities ~ Carlton Young

Give yourself and others the gift of your brilliance to deliver a more compelling and memorable presentation. ~ Susan C. Young

Learn to leverage the Law of Cause and Effect to your advantage in positive ways! ~ Susan C. Young

They [soldiers WWII] were so young, so very young. A whole generation of young men died, leaving a whole generation of young women to weep. ~ Jennifer Worth

The way a young man spends his evenings is a part of that thin area between success and failure. ~ Robert R. Young

Incarceration is when nobody writes a happy ending for a woman without a man. ~ Maggie Young

A young man is embarrassed to question an older one. ~ Homer

Your first impressions will often occur within a limited window of opportunity - and if you blow it - the opportunity may be lost forever. ~ Susan C. Young

Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition. ~ Susan C. Young

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community. ~ Brigham Young

Few places are more important for dressing appropriately than the workplace, where a professional appearance is crucial. ~ Susan C. Young

It's great to be young and a Yankee! ~ Waite Hoyt

My self-respect is my biggest cock block. ~ Maggie Young

They were like lightning and rain, existing together but clashing at their very natures. ~ T.S. Pettibone

Tea shook his head in dismay. "This is the end, Burt ~ Jamie Scallion

She'd done it again ... killed another monster with his own sins. ~ Natasha Larry

Tomorrow I have to break Clipper's heart. Really bust it open. - Tea ~ Jamie Scallion

My days are filled with you, and for that I am more grateful than you could ever know ~ Kennedy Vega

I am the shadow of the flame. ~ Victoria Aveyard

I want you to kick Egg, Tea and Clipper out of the band!" - Daisy ~ Jamie Scallion

Why am I the only one who thinks she's messing with us? - Egg ~ Jamie Scallion

Southerners have mastered picking, choosing, and rationalizing religious texts to fit their social agenda better than their own mother's fried chicken recipe. ~ Maggie Young

To learn is to be young, however old. ~ Aeschylus

I gotta look out for my band mates. - Tea ~ Jamie Scallion

Everything is about to go seriously tits up. - Clipper ~ Jamie Scallion

When you're not confident as a young woman in saying "no" or even saying "yes" necessarily, you don't know which one you're more afraid of in some way. That happens a lot. ~ Ry Russo-Young

I was a wildflower that would continue to grow in the most unexpected weather. ~ Taisha DeAza

Go back to the band, Egg. Please." - Bex ~ Jamie Scallion

Public opinion actually applauds the young woman venturing into the business world, but it still obstinately (and quite illogically) protects the young man in his sacred right to know nothing of housework. ~ Crystal Eastman

Live young. Live hard. Love deep. ~ Samantha Young

I want to someday be in the same position as John Elway, Joe Montana and Steve Young. ~ Vince Young

Young filmmakers are supposed to be the young turks that advance the current state of filmmaking ideas. ~ Reginald Hudlin

On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. ~ Hafez

I could have been a Vincent Young y'all know nothing about. I was on the wrong road, and it was a hard, hard time. ~ Vince Young