Quotes from Krzysztof Kieslowski

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

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

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.

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.

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

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.

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

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.