"My photographs are a picture of the chaos in the world, and of my relationship to that chaos. My prints show the worldâ€™s constant upsetting of manâ€™s equilibrium, and his eternal battle to reestablish it."

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Source : Dorothy Norman, Alfred Stieglitz (1973). “Alfred Stieglitz: an American seer”

Alfred Stieglitz

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“There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective.”
“You have to look in the mirror and see that what you're wearing looks good on the body you have now. Wearing a larger size is just wearing a larger size.”
“It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.”
“The most fearful phenomenon of these midcentury years is not the atom bomb; atomic energy does have its constructive possibilities.... The most fearful event of these times is the colossal expansion of the government of the United States and the constant increase of executive power within the government.”
“Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated â€“ in the main, abominably â€“ because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires.”
“Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.”

Source : Sherman Alexie (2016). “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, p.127, Random House
“At daybreak Morn shall come to meIn raiment of the white winds spun.”

Source : Madison Julius Cawein, “Quiet”
“As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction.”

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