Stan Brakhage Quotes

Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life through an adventure of perception.

Stan Brakhage

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1933 - March 9, 2003

Topics

LifePerspectiveAdventurePerception

Fragrance is my favorite thing. So much so that if I leave the house and I don't put any on, I'll turn around and go back home.

Meghan Markle

HomeBackHouseFragranceGoTurn

My parents are very lovely people - the sort of people that one should aspire to be like, really.

Tom Hollander

ParentsPeopleLovelyAspireLike

We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.

Tom Daschle

ChallengeWallKnowDifficultUp

I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.

Michelle Obama

PeopleFreePotentialNothingPlaces

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.

Donald Berwick

HealthCarePlanWealthHealthcare

When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.

Dennis Ritchie

ThinkAdviceBackGoThanksGive

Chet Faker's a reference to the late Chet Baker. I'm a big fan of his vocal style; it's quite fragile and soft, and that was a style I wanted to take on.

Chet Faker

StyleLateFragileBigSoftTake

From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences.

Christopher Alexander

NatureCharacterThoughtsBuildings

Sometimes bleak is good. Sometimes bleak is necessary. Some part of life is always bleak.

Claire Denis

LifeGoodSometimesAlwaysNecessary

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I'm sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

Brian Eno

GoodFunBuildingStartThinkDoing

Basically, I think that Gotham is all of our urban nightmares and fears made into reality. Instead of hearing footsteps from behind you while you walk down the streets, turning around and finding nobody there, there is somebody there.

Brian Azzarello

WalkThinkRealityFindingYouDown

Abortion isn't a lesser evil, it's a crime. Taking one life to save another, that's what the Mafia does. It's a crime. It's an absolute evil.

Pope Francis

LifeEvilAbortionCrimeMafiaSave

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