Quotes by Krzysztof Kieslowski

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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 in different places are thinking the same thing but for different reasons. I try to make films which...

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