"The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer."

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Steven Pinker

#Photography Quotes #Art Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Technology is run by sex, because it's very important to people, both technology and sex.”
“I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.”
“A lot of journalists say, "Tell us about the '80s." Nobody wants to know about the '70s!”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“In this fight I want to show people who are in poverty, downtrodden or denied that you can succeed. I want my performance to be an inspiration to people. You have to stay in the moment and keep moving ahead. I just want to show everyone that you can find answers to your problems and afflictions with hard work and perseverance.”
“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.”

Source : "Marx, Marshall and Keynes" (1955)
“Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.”
“I don't know how many more movies I'm going to get the opportunity to make and I don't want to look back and go: "Man, I just floated through that one." Or: "I did that one for the money." I want to be able to say that I worked as a hard as I could and I did the best work that I could do.”
“I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor. To me, it was a foreign concept. I was like, Someone is pretending to do that? Thats so awesome! After that, it just stayed in the back of my mind.”

Source : "Dominique McElligott HELL ON WHEELS Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 05, 2011.

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