"The photograph annihilates the person."

--

Source : Siegfried Kracauer, Thomas Y. Levin (1995). “The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays”, p.57, Harvard University Press

Siegfried Kracauer

#Photograph Quotes #Persons Quotes

“Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the chrystal streamlets plays; Come let us spend the lightsome days In the birks of Aberfeldy.”
“The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companies have an affinity for each other, even if they compete with each other.”
“I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.”
“You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you.”
“If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.”
“Its difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesnt matter if youre talking vampire movies or Dawn of the Dead or The Thing or Escape From New York. Those kind of movies, they understand what the old-school B-movie is supposed to be, they get the throwback of it.”
“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things--childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves--that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers.”

You may also like:

Andre Bazin
Film critic
Fritz Lang
Filmmaker
Georg Simmel
Philosopher
Karl Marx
Philosopher
Max Horkheimer
Philosopher
Richard Wagner
Composer
Rudolf Arnheim
Author
Theodor Adorno
Sociologist
Walter Benjamin
Literary critic