"Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable."

-- Andre Maurois

#Novelty Quotes #Attraction Quotes

“Despite having been awarded the dubious honor of arthood, all photography is still perceived as having one foot in the real world, a toe in the chilly waters of verisimilitude, no matter how often it is demonstrated that photographs can and do lie.”

Source : Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, Lucy R. Lippard, St. Louis Art Museum (1997). “Defining eye: women photographers of the 20th century : selections from the Helen Kornblum collection”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
“You will definitely find moments where somebody else is going to try to suppress you or put you down, but you have a choice in how you see yourself.”
“I never want to be told, "Hey, this is what you do best, and this is the only thing you're going to do." And there are other people that are put into that box. Or unable to navigate through all the different genres. Some people insist on being a tough guy even though it's not happening. People only want to see them in leading romantic roles. Yet they continue to try and force something that doesn't feel organic to people.”
“Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.”
“Like every aspect of cancer I've weathered thus far, today's experience was not at all demoralizing, expensive or humiliating. No, it was just plain fun.”
“Success: a marvelous stimulant, bubbling with inspiration and incitement. But for all except the few who are strong and steadfast, there lurks beneath the effervescence a subtle poison.”

Source : Samuel Hopkins Adams (2014). “Success”, p.817, Lulu Press, Inc
“I've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity.”
“Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.”

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