Jack Delano famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I don't know that there were any rules for documentary photography. As a matter of fact, I don't think the term was even very precise. So as far as I'm concerned, the kind of photography I did in the FSA was the kind of photography I still do today, because it is based on passionate concern for the human condition. That is the basis of all the work that I do.
-- Jack Delano
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When I make a photograph I want it to be an altogether new object, complete and self-contained, whose basic condition is order (unlike the world of events and actions whose permanent condition is change and disorder).
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
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Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.
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Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
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Once I came to acting, it was almost a thing where there weren't enough hours in the day to work on stuff because I was so passionate about it.
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The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others.
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Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.
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I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.
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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
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The scientist and the artist are both passionate about their exploration. What leads to my work is that I'm equally an artist and an engineer.
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