"There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author creates a character. She understood photography, and she also understood what makes a great photograph. She related to it as if she were giving a performance. She gave more to the still camera than any actress-any woman- I've ever photographed."

-- Richard Avedon

#Photography Quotes #Character Quotes #Giving Quotes

“It is sometimes possible to change the attitudes of millions but impossible to change the attitude of one man.”

Source : Edward L. Bernays (1965). “Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel”
“Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyoneâ€™s different needs.”
“Talkers expand like bread dough.”
“This religion teaches that 6,000 years ago God made the first man out of dust - not even mud - and the first woman out of a bone; that God cursed the whole human race because a snake made the woman eat an apple; that God had a son by another man's wife, and that he had this son murdered in order to keep himself from sending all the human race to hell.”
“Being bad. Discomfort with your body. Bad self image. All those things turn you into an artist. The same things that keep you from being in a proper marriage.”
“If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.”
“Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.144
“I'm not really the sex symbol type.”

Source : "It's Always Sunny with Kaitlin Olson". Interview with Tim Surette, www.tv.com. October 8, 2008.

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