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title: "Do a Better Job on the Wings"
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# Do a Better Job on the Wings

> I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‚don’t try to fly too high,‘ or whether it might also be thought of as ‚forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.‘

– **Stanley Kubrick**, während [seiner Acceptance-Speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5KHGN76AFE) für den [D. W. Griffith](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wark_Griffith) Lifetime Award[1](https://eay.cc/2026/do-a-better-job-on-the-wings/#footnote_0_40842 "Heute der Directors Guild of America Award."). (via [Daring Fireball](https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/do_a_better_job_on_the_wings), der dabei die gute kleine Geschichte „[Christiane’s Gift](https://satori.substack.com/p/christianes-gift)“ von [Randy Walters](https://randywalters.com/) von 2012 verlinkt)

1. Heute der [Directors Guild of America Award](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award). \[[↩](https://eay.cc/2026/do-a-better-job-on-the-wings/#identifier_0_40842)\]