"In the end, photography for me is just an excuse to get to know the world."

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Source : Interview with Munem Wasif, www.chobimela.org. November 24, 2014.

Graciela Iturbide

#Photography Quotes #World Quotes #Excuse Quotes

“The hermeneutic consciousness, which must be awakened and kept awake, recognized that in the age of science philosophy's claim of superiority has something chimerical and unreal about it. But though the will of man is more than ever intensifying its criticism of what has gone before to the point of becoming utopian or eschatological consciousness, the hermeneutic consciousness seeks to confront that will with something of the truth of remembrance: with what is still and ever again real.”

Source : Hans-Georg Gadamer (2013). “Truth and Method”, p.35, A&C Black
“My favorite color is purple. I have a huge velvet purple comforter on my bed.”
“Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary - but it can be misguided advice. Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose”

Source : Laurie Alberts (2010). “Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced Writing”, p.1, Writer's Digest Books
“The world is a projection of our collective consciousness. If our collective consciousness reaches that place of peace, harmony, laughter and love, it will be a different world.”
“Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or strongly evaluative kind - of thought.”
“I sit before flowers â€¨hoping they will train me in the art â€¨of opening up”
“I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.”
“I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.”

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