"I always believed that photography was subjective, interpretive and certainly did not represent the truth, but I did think that its status as a societal and historical referent needed to be both safeguarded and illuminated....now photojournalism is devolving into yet another medium perceived as intending to shock, titillate, sell, distort."

-- Fred Ritchin

#Photography Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Historical Quotes

“There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.”

Source : "Building civilisation". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2006.
“I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”

Source : First Inaugural Speech as Governor of Alabama, January 1963.
“There can be no acceptable future without an honest analysis of the past.”
“Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.”
“We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.”
“Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2009). “The Palace of Illusions: A Novel”, p.63, Anchor
“Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled every octave, not just one (that you could just transpose electronically), and he did all different types of attack, with and without pedals, all that kind of stuff.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I just want to do what has to be done so much. I'll never understand why everyone else doesn't feel this way.”

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