"A lot of what I am looking for is a moment of astonishment, he says. Those moments of pure consciousness when you involuntarily inhale and say 'Wow!'"

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Source : "Joel Meyerowitz: 'brilliant mistakes ... amazing accidents'". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2012.

Joel Meyerowitz

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“The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade”
“Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort.”
“We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.”
“Religion has in fact outdone culture in dualistic thinking - we've become as violent, as hateful toward our enemies, damning them to hell and whatever else, that the world doesn't look to us for wisdom, because we're trapped in the dualistic mind, instead of the mind of Christ that we were supposed to have.”
“The key to life is to be happy with or without money. Money only magnifies who you really are.”
“If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for, but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.”
“A simple lifestyle is good for us, helping us to better share with those in need.”
“Nothing remains but desire, and desire comes howling down Elysian Fields like a mistral.”

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