"Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; for it is they who form a communication between the learned and the unlearned, and, as it were, throw a bridge between those two great divisions of the public."

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 407-08, Literary Character of Men of Genius, Miscellanists, 1922.

Isaac D'Israeli

#Communication Quotes #Bridges Quotes #Two Quotes

“I've spent days in cinemas answering questions from the audience, in interviews, travelling abroad, and all they do is thank me nicely.”
“Sometimes you have to learn how to shoot first.”

Source : 1994 On Syrian President Hafez Assad's complaint that he had been put off by a hostile question in a news conference shared with President Clinton. In US News and World Report,19 Dec.
“In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai, the poster girl for global female education, may indicate that the Taliban's attempt to silence her was perfectly rational and scientifically justifiable.”
“All my photographs are about meetings and about coups de foudre - love at first sight. To do that type of photography, one must wipe the canvas clean to prepare for chance encounters, be open and aware to such moments, otherwise it becomes a cliché - already seen and expected.”
“I always try to create equal power between the subject and the object, so as not to end up creating a relationship where the camera is here and the object out there. This is for me a very difficult and sensitive balance. When I produce a work, cut and frame images, I realize that spectators can identify with the images and almost forget that someone else actually made them. This would be the optimal situation. I don't know whether I succeed in doing so, but that's what I would like to have happen.”
“If people try to judge you or shame you for doing safe, consensual things that make you happy, I can guarantee you they're bad people.”
“Because I'm little, I think the audience likes me.”
“The real malady is fear of life, not of death”

Source : FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Oct 29, 2011

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