Jean-Marc Bustamante famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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My aim is to make the viewer become aware of his or her responsibility in what he or she is looking at.
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I wanted not to make photographs that would be art, but art that would be photography.
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The event is placed at such a distance, and contained, that these images move beyond the context in which they were made, the geographic setting, and so on, and engage the viewer in a one-to-one relationship solely through their physical presence.
-- Jean-Marc Bustamante
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Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and before the law. There must be no dual standards of justice, no dual rights, privileges, duties, or responsibilities of citizenship. No dual forms of freedom.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
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Art is the lesser sister to medicine. It aims to heal.
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Aim at a high mark and you will hit it.
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Unity is surely the indispensable thing if meaning is to exist. Unity, to be very general, is the establishment of the utmost relatedness between all component parts... the aim is to make as clear as possible the relationships between the parts of the unity; in short, to show how one thing leads to another.
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I don't aim to offend.
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If you're not excited about the subject, the viewer won't be either.
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The viewer brings all additional information to the image.
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An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience.
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