Sophie Ristelhueber famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I have these obsessions that I do not completely understand, with the deep mark, with the ruptured surface, with scars and traces, traces that human beings are leaving on the earth. It is not a comment on the environment... it is metaphysical.
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My real interest is traveling the world's tormented places and revealing the scars and the traces on the ground. I am dedicated to the earth.
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We have at our disposal modern techniques for seeing everything, apprehending everything, yet we see nothing.
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What prompted me to make these pictures [of bomb-cratered roads] was the impression that the ground was ripped by the shock, that it was swallowing itself.
-- Sophie Ristelhueber
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Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble - we surround ourselves with people who share our opinions, speak the way we speak, and look the way we look. We fear leaving those familiar surroundings, which is natural, but through exploration of the unfamiliar we stop focusing on the labels that define WHAT we are and discover WHO we are.
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I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
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As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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I'm just a down-to-earth guy.
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We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.
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All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.
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Can we follow the Savior far, who have no wound or scar?
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I can heal the scars on your body, but I can’t heal the scars of the soul. Not yours, not mine. You have to learn to live with them. You have to choose to live beyond them
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