Mel Bochner famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Photography was seen as the enemy of all the values of late modernism... and as things turned out, it was.
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Photography Cannot Record Abstract Ideas (Title of a 16x20 inch photograph depicting an index card on which that phrase is handwritten.)
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In 1967 there was no place for photography in a contemporary art gallery. It was almost impossible to get an art dealer to look at, let alone exhibit, anything photographic.
-- Mel Bochner
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Has it led you to the conclusion that photography is an art ? Or it is simply a means of recording ? "I'm glad you asked that. I've been wanting to say this for years. Is cooking an art ? Is talking an art ? Is even painting an art ? It is artfulness that makes art, not the medium itself. Of course photography is an art - when it is in the hands of artists."
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I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.
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I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.
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I want war. To me all means will be right. My motto is not "Don't, whatever you do, annoy the enemy." My motto is "Destroy him by all and any means." I am the one who will wage the war!
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God is never late, but He sure is slow.
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I've never really learned how to live and I've discovered too late that life is for living.
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The technical reason why remastering is valuable is because, up to around the late 90s, there was this endpoint called zero, and you couldn't get louder than zero.
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Forgiveness is divine, but never pay pull price for late pizza.
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Family hang-outs can go very late into the night and involve lots of music.
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I can't get myself when I'm not punctual. If I'm late for an appointment, even a bit, I don't feel good for a whole day.
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