"Some objects and events may be photographed, others, if one is to render their true quality, should be painted or set to music, since their essence is more faithfully reproduced through imagination than by the journalistic report."

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Source : Ilka Chase (1951). “New York 22: that district of the City which lies between Fiftieth and Sixtieth Streets, Fifth Avenue, and the East River”

Ilka Chase

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“The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.”

Source : "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
“All my wife wanted for Valentine's Day was a little card - American Express.”
“God is the Creator and the Giver of life, and the life that He gives does not run dry.”
“Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.”
“Practically every false doctrine comes from getting things out of order. God's divine order is salvation, then change; not change and then salvation! If one has to be changed to be saved, that's salvation by works. It is also salvation by the flesh. The truth is, one is cleansed from the sins of the flesh just as he is saved; by yielding to the Holy Spirit and letting Him do His work.”
“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
“What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not be!”

Source : "They Shall Inherit the Earth" by Otto Zoff, Anne Garrison, (p. 55), 1943.
“I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.”

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