"A Scorpio, it's just about peeling back the layers. And I'm always surprised at myself-there's a lot under there."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Mark Bradford

“The darkness declares the glory of the light.”

Source : "The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot".
“The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning to see photographically â€” that is, learning to see his subject matter in terms of the capacities of his tools and processes, so that he can instantaneously translate the elements and values in a scene before him into the photograph he wants to make.”
“Between history and the novel stands biography, their unwanted offspring, which has brought a great embarrassment to them both.”
“I dress like an old woman in my real life. If you're having conversations with people, you don't want them to remember you as the girl with the tits, You want them to pay attention to what you're saying”
“I have always believed that the key to a happy marriage was the ability to say with a straight face, 'Why, I don't know what you're worrying about. I thought you were very funny last night and I'm sure everybody else did, too.”
“There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.”
“Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic.”
“Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we may make it holy.”

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