"... what is faked [by the computerization of image-making], of course, is not reality, but photographic reality, reality as seen by the camera lens. In other words, what computer graphics have (almost) achieved is not realism, but rather only photorealism - the ability to fake not our perceptual and bodily experience of reality but only its photographic image."

-- Lev Manovich

#Reality Quotes #Fake Quotes #Cameras Quotes

“It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of ***** which might be enjoyed by sentient planets.”

Source : Alastair Reynolds (2002). “Revelation Space”, p.406, Penguin
“I guess I'm odd-looking. I'm skinny. But I'm not only skinny - I'm oddly shaped.”
“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
“The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al”
“One of the issues I think is very important, in many communities of color, there's a stigma about mental health. We find that the shaming that comes from acknowledging that one may have some issues that may relate to mental health, often people are not willing to go and seek additional help because of that shaming or that cultural stigma that's associated with it. And I think that we need to make this change in how people approach mental health.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.”
“I love solving the problems of having groups work together and removing barriers. But to actually turn around and be in the center of that is an awkward place to be.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I'm so tired I never want to wake up again. But I've figured out now that it was never them that made me feel that way. It was just me, all along.”

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