"All the people ought to decide, but now most states are tossed on the scrap heap and ignored"

-- John Anderson

#People Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Ignored Quotes

“The Lake of Dreams grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.”
“Chance made us sisters. Hearts made us friends.”
“Scientology...is not a religion.”
“I'm a man more dined against than dining.”

Source : In John Betjeman 'Summoned by Bells' (1960) ch. 9.
“In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.”
“It struck me at some point that the things I wanted to say had to be wordless. I had to renounce words in order to go deep into the practice of making materials and textures that would express what I'm trying to say more accurately.”

Source : "Arca's Warped Beauty". Interview with Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com. November 19, 2015.
“I wish it were O.K. in this country to look one's age, whatever it is. Maturity has a lot going for it, even in terms of esthetics. For example, you no longer get bubblegum stuck in your braces.”
“Documentary photography has amassed mountains of evidence. And yet... the genre has simultaneously contributed much to spectacle, to retinal excitation, to voyeurism, to terror, envy and nostalgia, and only a little to the critical understanding of the social world.”

Source : Allan Sekula, Illinois State University. University Galleries (1999). “Dismal science: photo works, 1972-1996”, Illinois State Univ

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