"...I don't see myself as a documentary photographer. I am more drawn to the image itself, rather than to the description of a scene. And, anyway, every image only halfway represents reality, whereas the other half is rather, more or less, fulfilling our imagination."

-- Beat Streuli

#Reality Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Half Quotes

“A lot of people are afraid of winning. I was afraid I might not win.”
“I never had innocence.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am practicing being kind over being right.”
“I had no idea how much music and singing really means to people, and in my own tiny way to be a part of that is very humbling and very sweet, and and I feel very honored. ... I have a great appreciation for this, in every ways and a new understanding, and I'm just as amazed as anyone else.”

Source : YouTube Channel "Ysabella Brave"/"ysabellabravetalk #1", www.youtube.com. March 09, 2007.
“I saw a very old man, literally eating his own human waste out of hunger. I went to the nearby hotel and asked them what was available. They had idli, which I bought and gave to the old man. Believe me, I had never seen a person eating so fast, ever. As he ate the food, his eyes were filled with tears. Those were the tears of happiness.”
“We have to allow ourselves to see what there is to see, and we have to imagine.”
“The text has disappeared under the interpretation.”
“Infants are interesting only to their parents.”

Source : Marya Mannes (1971). “Out of my time”

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