"My first reaction at the very idea of this interview was to refuse to talk about photography. Why dissect and comment a process that is essentially a spontaneous reaction to a surprise?"

-- Marc Riboud

#Photography Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Interviews Quotes

“We have to be careful about applying criminal labels to people until we're very sure.”
“A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. It dies through the awareness of its return. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.86, Atlantic Books Ltd
“The song 'Humiliation' is kind of about what if, outside of a dinner party or something, I was blown up by a drone missile, out by the pool. What an embarrassing way to go.”
“Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.”
“Great leaders don't play by the existing rules.”
“No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.”
“I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.”
“Tonight the world is yours, as am I.”

Source : Melissa de la Cruz (2010). “Revelations: Number 3 in series”, p.123, Hachette UK

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