Krzysztof Kieslowski Quotes

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?
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 have no problem being with people of different nationalities.
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

Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.
Krzysztof Kieslowski

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

The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad.
Krzysztof Kieslowski

There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual.
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

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

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Biography

Type: Director
Nationality: Polish
Born: June 27, 1941
Died: March 13, 1996

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