Richard Williams > Quotes

“We're not copying life, we're making a comment on it.”
― Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit

“Los soldados siempre deberían ser reacios a marchar a la guerra, barón. Son los aficionados quienes están ansiosos por hacerlo.”
― Richard Williams

“I earned good money,’ he said. ‘I was driving in good teams, I was winning races, I had pole positions … basically, not a lot to prove. So what is the point to take still the risk? That was my question to myself last week. But the other side is, what is the rest of your life?”
― Richard Williams, The Death of Ayrton Senna

“From the movies that you watch to the songs on your radio. Down to the magazines placed ever so neatly in the grocery house, you know the ones with the movie stars. Since they wouldn’t make any money if you already loved who you are. See there is no profit in saying you’re already perfect and beautiful too.”
― Richard Williams

“Personally, I didn’t celebrate Christmas or believe in Santa Claus. Mama tried to convince me otherwise, but I was adamant. It didn’t make sense to me why any white man would take a night out of the year to bring us gifts. Anyway, what did it matter if a man masked himself in religion one day and the next wore the white hood?”
― Richard Williams , Black and White: The Way I See It

“Every few years, in the world of sport, someone ascends to the most rarefied of all levels—the one at which it becomes news not when they win, but when they lose. It must have been like that in the early Fifties, when a tubby Italian called Alberto Ascari was stitching together nine Grand Prix wins in a row, a record not even Fangio, Clark or Senna could match. Or when the great Real Madrid side of Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas won the first five European Cup finals, between 1956 and 1960. Or when Martina Navratilova dominated Wimbledon's Centre Court, winning nine ladies' singles titles in thirteen years. The current Australian cricket team is in just such a run at present, having just completed nine consecutive victories, putting them four wins away from establishing an all-time record. And then there is Tiger Woods.”
― Richard Williams

“Like you have to constantly prove your worth. From the movies that you watch to the songs on your radio. Down to the magazines placed ever so neatly in the grocery house, you know the ones with the movie stars. Since they wouldn’t make any money if you already loved who you are. See there is no profit in saying you’re already perfect and beautiful too.”
― Richard Williams