"Photography has freed the plastic arts from their obsession with likeness."

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Source : André Bazin (2004). “What Is Cinema?”, p.12, Univ of California Press

Andre Bazin

#Photography Quotes #Art Quotes #Obsession Quotes

“Everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty.”
“Less is only more where more is no good.”

Source : Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (1995). “1949-1959”, Rizzoli International Publications
“Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.”
“You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.”
“The Constitution is the origin and measure of legislative authority. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go and no farther. Not a particle of it should be shaken; not a pebble of it should be removed.”
“Desperate times call for desperate measures. That's a saying, or a bit of advice, or a catchprase, or a string of words used to confuse people less intelligent than you. In any case, it means: Life is tough, so you'd better fight hard-or something like that.”
“Playwriting, like begging in India, is an honorable but humbling profession.”
“Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.”

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