Stanley Kubrick Quotes

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

Stanley Kubrick

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• I was unbelievably lucky.

  

  Wendy Hiller
  • Lucky
  • Unbelievably

• It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
  • World
  • Word
  • Survival

• Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.

  

  Ed Royce
  • Why
  • Energy
  • Action

• I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • History
  • Today
  • Success

• A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.

  

  Kate Grenville
  • Culture
  • Ideas
  • Moment

• One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Always
  • Things
  • Still

• We do take pride in how we look, but it's really just like, take a couple minutes, and you're ready to go.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • You
  • Couple
  • Pride

• Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?

  

  Daniel Espinosa
  • World
  • Live
  • Why

• When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Thinking
  • Reaction
  • Fragrance

• I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper.

  

  Samantha Bee
  • World
  • Good
  • Great

• The enemies of the Christian religion and the Law of God confuse law with faith.

  

  Randall Terry
  • God
  • Faith
  • Law

• I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.

  

  Maira Kalman
  • Believe
  • Politics
  • Any

• I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush.

  

  Barbara Lee
  • Today
  • Vote
  • Ralph

• I want a director who can let me feel that he's listening and watching and that he's got me covered. That security is really important for me because sometimes you go into a vulnerable space, and you want to be able to look to somebody because you get insecure: 'Did I do that right?'

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Important
  • Right
  • Security

• I'm a progressive.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Progressive

• Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a generalization but it is a place, a territory, that's really made up of all these encounters, you know?

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Up
  • Country
  • Know

• I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Long
  • Food
  • Model

• I have crashed on a motorcycle that was going at 140mph, so I know what it feels like.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Know
  • Like
  • Motorcycle

• As long as he had life, who deserved it so little, he would use it, wield it, and do whatever he could in its name, even if it was not, was never, enough

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Life
  • Long
  • Use

• Trust yourself, your intuition, your desires and your pursuits. Don't question yourself too much. Place one foot ahead of the other and go forward steadily. No one will understand as you do the work, the art, you are making - so no need to look for audience approval or ratings.

  

  Barbara Hammer
  • Art
  • Trust
  • Audience

• Poor Gauguin, 'way off there on his island! I'll wager he spends most of his time thinking of Rue Lafitte. I advised him to go to New Orleans, but he decided it was too civilized. He had to have people around him with flowers on their heads and rings in their noses before he could feel at home. Now if I should leave my house for more than two days...

  

  Edgar Degas
  • People
  • Time
  • Thinking

• The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

  

  Stanley Kubrick
  • Art
  • Fun
  • Ability