"When students scoff at the idea of a magical relation between a picture and what it represents, ask them to take a photograph of their mother and cut out the eyes."

-- W. J. T. Mitchell

#Mother Quotes #Eye Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“Sometimes thereâ€™s no one to listen to what you really might like to say at a certain moment. The paper always listens.”
“We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free.”

Source : Television and the Public Interest, delivered 9 May 1961, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC
“Even in front of nature one must compose.”
“This liberal is all about socializing- umm I mean...”
“Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.”
“History is always written by the victor, and the histories of the losing parties belong to the shrinking circle of those who were there.”
“Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.”
“Opinions are like nipples, everybody has one. Some have firm points, others are barely discernible through layers, and some are displayed at every opportunity regardless of whether the audience has stated "I am interested in your nipples" or not.”

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