"I had a growing feeling that most of the best art of the world in painting and sculpture had been done, and that this newest form [photography] was more related to the progress and tempo of modern science of the eye."

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Source : Graham Howe, Paul Outerbridge, Jacqueline Markham (1980). “Paul Outerbridge, Jr: photographs”

Paul Outerbridge

#Photography Quotes #Art Quotes #Eye Quotes

“A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
“Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.”
“Our past is not our potential.”
“Anyway, how are you and Ramona doing?' Uh... you know. Pretty good.' Have you said the L-Word yet?' The L-Word? You mean? Lesbian?' Uh... No. The other L-Word.' ?' Okay. Uh, It's "love." I wasn't trying to trick you or anything.”
“Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.”
“It's why I fell in love with movies. You can sit in a movie theater and be transported to a place that you never get to go and be a person who you never in your life would get to be and feel something and have empathy for people and see things from another point of view.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We are immensed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.”
“Yeah. A real date. Something official. You. Me. Tonight. We're long overdue.”

Source : Sophie Jordan (2011). “Firelight”, p.150, Oxford University Press - Children

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