"Taking photographs is generally an act of 'looking at the object, whereas 'being seen' or 'showing' is what is most interest to one who does a self-portrait...self-portraits deny not only photography itself but the 20th century as an era as well...an inevitable phenomenon at the end of the 20th century."

-- Yasumasa Morimura

#Photography Quotes #Self Quotes #Portraits Quotes

“An inflated balloon -- impressive to look at but hollow at the core and easily punctured.”
“The person whoâ€™s in love with their vision of community will destroy community. But the person who loves the people around them will create community everywhere they go.”
“It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating”
“If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.”

Source : "Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad: 'It's not possible to write a neutral story'". Interview with Amelia Hill, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2010.
“If it wasn't for my trainer - who comes looking for me three times a week before 7 A.M. - I wouldn't get my butt out of bed and into the gym. There are many mornings when I think about faking a sprained ankle, but I just put it out of my head and make myself go.”
“I bowled for two years in college, because I was drunk and needed shoes.”
“The legs are the wheels of creativity.”
“To love the right person is a comedy. To love the wrong person is a tragedy.”

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