"Documentary is thought to be art when it transcends its reference to the world, when the work can be regarded, first and foremost, as an act of self-expression on the part of the artist."

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Source : Allan Sekula, Illinois State University. University Galleries (1999). “Dismal science: photo works, 1972-1996”, Illinois State Univ

Allan Sekula

#Art Quotes #Self Quotes #Expression Quotes

“Everyone dies but not everyone lives.”
“The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.”
“As the romance of manned space exploration has waned, the drive today is to find our living, thinking counterparts in the universe. For all the excitement, however, the search betrays a profound melancholy - a lonely species in a merciless universe anxiously awaits an answering voice amid utter silence.”
“In prison, inmates sometimes use Cheetos and grape juice as makeup. I wouldn't use that beauty regimen around Britney Spears - she might lick your face off!”
“Theyâ€™re called poems but in reality theyâ€™re lines given to me to hang on to”
“Jonathan Meese is not interested in the history of reality. Everything radical and precisely graphic is sustainable. Human ideologies like religions and politics are based on the past and therefore irrelevant to art. Art always transforms radicalism of the past into the future. Art is always the total time machine. Jonathan Meese is interested in the history of the future. Art is never nostalgic.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“You are caught in the current of unceasing change. Your life is a ripple in it. Every moment of your conscious life links the infinite past with the infinite future. Take part in both and you will not find the present empty.”

Source : Oswald Spengler (1967). “Aphorisms”
“Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.”

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