Krzysztof Kieslowski Quotes

“...coldness, cynicism, distance – all these things have a common identity somewhere. And this is very characteristic of our era. I have the impression that we are increasingly cold and cynical toward each other and create ever-greater distances. I even have the impression that I can remember a time when it was warmer, and that over the fifty years of my life I have been watching us grow colder around each and every one of us. This is a trend we are witnessing and that everything in the world changes at some point. It can easily be observed and so it finds its way into the films I have made, for I have tried to depict the times in which we live. (*1995*)”
― Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Kieslowski: Interviews

“I do not consider myself to be an artist at all. As you know, I have never said I was an artist, since I think that word has to be reserved for certain special people and events of which – one has to admit – there have been fewer and fewer in recent decades. There are fewer and fewer people worthy of the name. That is also why I do not use the word of myself.”
― Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Kieslowski: Interviews