"[Documentary photography] is unwittingly literary, because it is nothing other than an observation of contemporary life apprehended at the right moment by an artist capable of seizing it. (1928)"

-- Pierre Mac Orlan

#Photography Quotes #Artist Quotes #Documentaries Quotes

“God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.”
“I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.”
“News is only the first rough draft of history.”
“For me it is the direct contact of artist to material which is original, and it is the earth and his contact to it which will free him of the artificiality of the present and his dependence on industrial products.”

Source : Isamu Noguchi (1999). “The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated
“Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.”
“Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.”
“My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.”
“I hate nostalgia, it's laziness with prettier accessories ...”

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