“One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.” WorldMindHeartCharacterStoriesPleasureViewsActingPoint Of View Author:Brit Marling
“To the bird watcher, the suburbanite who derives joy from birds in his garden, the hunter, the fisherman or the explorer of wild regions, anything that destroys the wildlife of an area for even a single year has deprived him of pleasure to which he has a legitimate right. This is a valid point of view.” YearsJoyPleasureViewsBirdAreasGardenPoint Of ViewRegionsHuntersDeprivedWildlifeExplorersFishermanWatchersSilent Spring Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“I will say without reservations that from my point of view there can be no abstractions. Any shape or area that has not the pulsating concreteness of real flesh and bones, its vulnerability to pleasure or pain is nothing at all. Any picture that does not provide the environment in which the breath of life can be drawn does not interest me.” DoeRealPainInterestPleasureViewsEnvironmentShapesAreasBreathsBonesPoint Of ViewFleshVulnerabilityAbstractionReservations Author:Mark Rothko
“If women take their bodies seriously and ideally we should then its full expression, in terms of pleasure, maternity, and physical strength, seems to fare better when women control the means of production and reproduction. From this point of view, it is simply not in women's interest to support patriarchy or even a fabled "equality" with men. That women do so is more a sign of powerlessness than of any biologically based "superior" wisdom.” IfsMenShouldMeanBodySeemsTermInterestPleasureViewsSupportExpressionProductionsPoint Of ViewSuperiorsPatriarchyReproductionPowerlessnessMaternityPhysical Strength Book:Women & madness Source: Women & madness
“Consider the problem from the point of view of evil, evil being almost always pleasure's true and major charm; considered thus, the crime must appear greater when perpetrated upon a being of your identical sort than when inflicted upon one which is not, and this once established, the delight automatically doubles.” ProblemLightTruthEvilPleasureViewsDarknessGreaterCrimeHonestyMajorsExcellenceDelightPoint Of ViewCharmIdentical Book:120 days of sodom Source: 120 days of sodom
“We know that if you have $20 million, it's better to buy a van Gough print than it is buy an executive jet, from the point of view of the environment. But when you start getting down, it's like the recycling question: What are things we can really afford to do, and how much pleasure do we get out of them? We haven't even started to have that discussion, and it's getting awfully late.” IfsKnowsPleasureViewsMillionsEnvironmentHavensLatePoint Of ViewDiscussionExecutivesPrintVansJetRecycling Author:Paul R. Ehrlich