"Over the past two decades, the boundary between photography and other media like painting, sculpture, or performance has become increasingly porous. It would seem that each medium has absorbed the other, leaving the photographic residing everywhere, but nowhere in particular."

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Source : Geoffrey Batchen (2002). “Each Wild Idea: Writing, Photography, History”, p.109, MIT Press

Geoffrey Batchen

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“Michael Ondaatje’s work taught me how to be at home in fragments, and how to think about a big story in carefully curated vignettes. All his books were odd, all of them ‘unfinished’ the way Chopin’s Études are unfinished: no wasted gestures, no unnecessary notes.”
“[James] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice."”
“I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.”
“My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.”

Source : Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history â€“ true or feignedâ€“ with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.”
“After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little.”
“Youâ€™re a dead man,â€ Kyle said. â€œWarren doesnâ€™t take kindly to people who hurt me.”
“A program that has not been tested does not work.”

Source : Bjarne Stroustrup (1991). “C Plus Plus Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley / Helix Books

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