Jacob Aue Sobol famous quotes
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When I photograph, I try to use my instincts as much as possible. It is when pictures are unconsidered and irrational that they come to life; that they evolve from showing to being.
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The most difficult thing for me is to take pictures from far away.
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I made a decision that to me, photography had to be something that I could feel. I could feel in my stomach. I could not take pictures that were not connected to my own inner life.
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I wanted to meet the people, to get involved in the city, to make Tokyo mine.
-- Jacob Aue Sobol
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The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis. God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!
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Try lighting your house by prayer instead of electricity and see which one works.
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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.
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Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
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What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?
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In a photograph a person’s eyes tell much, sometimes they tell all.
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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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