"We're getting used to reality and fantasy passing into each other. Much of the border between them has been erased."

-- Michael Helm

#Reality Quotes #Borders Quotes #Fantasy Quotes

“He was a little boy, and she was grown up. She huddled by the fire not daring to move, helpless and guilty, a big woman.”
“You need language for thought, and you need language to anticipate death. There is no abstract thought without language and no anticipation. I think the anticipation of death without language would be impossible.”
“I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.”
“If we wear our worst reviews like a backpack, they travel with us.”
“This idea of imposing an order is very interesting to me. Photography is in essence an analytic medium. â€¦ In photography, you start with the whole world and every decision you make imposes an order on it. The question is to what extent itâ€™s an idealized order Iâ€™m imposing or is it an order that grows out of what the world looks like.”
“You must form your own fashions in a way which demonstrates that you flout the standards from knowledge, not from ignorance. . . But I may flout the standards? . . . Of course. What do you think standards are for?”
“The film medium is some sort of magic. I think also it's a magic that every frame comes and stands still for a fraction of a second and then it darkens. A half part of the time when you see a picture you sit in complete darkness. Isn't that fascinating? That is magic.”
“Life is like a giant smorgasbord of more delicious alternatives than you can ever hope to taste. So you have to reject having some things you want in order to get other things you want more.”

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