“I can't imagine life without Poland. I find it very hard to find a pla...” — Krzysztof Kieslowski Quote

“I can't imagine life without Poland. I find it very hard to find a place for myself in the West.”

“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.”

“I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.”

“I was born in Poland, and then I was six years in France. I returned to Poland, and then, at the age of eight and a half, we came to Germany.”

“I've lost Poland. Without Poland, I go down. I've been thrown out; yet I love my country.”

“Of course we have the right to have expectations towards Europe - especially towards the Europe that left us to be the prey of the Russians in 1945 - but above all we have the right to rule ourselves here on our own and decide what form Poland should have.”