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 KieslowskiI 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 KieslowskiI wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the great documentary filmmakers: Richard Leacock, Joris Ivens. Today, television has put an end to this type of filmmaking.
Krzysztof KieslowskiI believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.
Krzysztof KieslowskiI like chance meetings--life is full of them. Everyday, without realizing it, I pass people whom I should know. At this moment, in this cafe, we're sitting next to strangers. Everyone will get up, leave, and go on their own way. And they'll never meet again. And if they do, they won't realize that it's not for the first time.
Krzysztof Kieslowski