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 für den D. W. Griffith Lifetime Award1. (via Daring Fireball, der dabei die gute kleine Geschichte „Christiane’s Gift“ von Randy Walters von 2012 verlinkt)
- Heute der Directors Guild of America Award. [↩]
