"Photography, like any other art, is a form of communication. The artist is not blowing bubbles for his own gratification, but is speaking a language, is telling somebody something."

-- William Mortensen

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“If I see everything in gray, and in gray all the colors which I experience and which I would like to reproduce, then why should I use any other color?”
“Don't be addicted to money. Work to learn. don't work for money. Work for knowledge.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 11, 2017
“The ministry of Christianity is the ministry of the Spirit. It is the Spirit of God that inhabits the words, that speaks to the spirit of another and reveals Christ in and through him.”
“But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives.”
“She [Sarah Palin] doesn`t quite understand the issue [post-traumatic stress disorder] and, you know, if she`s going to continue to be in this space, hopefully she can do some homework and make some policy recommendation that are relevant to fixing the problem.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“I'm really lucky that I've had a little gang of people who I've been involved with for a long time... I've been really lucky to have a gang of people who have always been there to encourage me to get on with it. Styles come and go, but I try not to take any notice of that.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“I live in the same house I've lived in for 25 years. I haven't gone off and bought mansions. Even though my subject is living, living in a mansion wouldn't do for my readers. I have to keep my credibility alive with my readers, so we're in the same place. I just make that place nicer and nicer. And that's a secret. People don't know that. People think, oh, she lives in this fabulous place, but it's the same old place. It started out like a farm, it got to be a farmette, then it got to be an estatelet. I built a wall; it helped a lot. But it's the same place, the same grounded nature.”
“Everyone wants to label me, but I don't want to be labeled as a rapper or a movie actor.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 2, 2012.

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