"To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes to become the photograph."

-- Michael Snow

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“Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery”
“Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.”
“Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm.”

Source : "Two Fates" by Yevgeny Baratynsky, translated by Dmitri Obolensky, 1823.
“Lots of ambitious work by young artists ends up in a dumpster after its warehouse debut. So an unknown artist's big glass vitrine holding a rotting cow's head covered by maggots and swarms of buzzing flies may be pretty unsellable. Until the artist becomes a star. Then he can sell anything he touches .”

Source : Charles Saatchi (2009). “My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic”, Phaidon Press
“Energy is something you can control, in everything you do, you're going to face people more talented than you. I set myself apart by bringing more energy than they do.”
“Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven.”
“No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that something bad will happen.”
“It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.”

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