"I've always been interested in people that you wouldn't see otherwise. If you look back at my books, photographs, and films-and since I'm doing this retrospective I've been forced to look back-the work is always about a small group of people who are somewhat isolated, and who you would never see if I didn't film or photograph them."

-- Larry Clark

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Groups Quotes

“When I go to photograph somebody, they say, "What do you want me to do?" Those are the most frightening words in the English language. I want to say, "Please, go over into good light and do something unusual.”
“It obviously makes a difference whether we consider ourselves as pawns in a game whose rules we call reality or as players of the game who know that the rules are â€˜realâ€™ only to the extent that we have created or accepted them, and that we can change them.”

Source : Giorgio Nardone, Paul Watzlawick (1993). “The art of change: strategic therapy and hypnotherapy without trance”, Jossey-Bass
“We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.168
“The Christian faith is a singing faith, and a good way to express it and share it with others is in community singing.”
“The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.”
“The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates”
“The criminal justice system is accurately symbolized by a large sculpture that sits at the foot of the United States attorney's building: four metal circles that interlock. The wheels of justice, as it were, frozen in legal and social gridlock.”
“You will have to scrutinize the model sharply to find the proportions - how the weight is supported, how each joint is functioning... Look for the color and tone and texture... how the light falls on the figure, especially the face.”

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