"Corruption is simply crime without conscience."

“There's a creativity, a power, an energy, an ability to do things unlike any other period in history. It's a little bit like sitting in the Renaissance, but multiplied a thousand-fold.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com

“I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic. One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It is like a memory - an awareness -of perfection.”

“The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.”

“Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.”

“There's not much point in finding a magic ring that lets you into other worlds if you're afraid to look at them when you've got there.”

“The scene fascinated me: a round straw hat; the funnel leaning left, the stairway leaning right; the white drawbridge, its railings made of chain; white suspenders crossed on the back of a man below; circular iron machinery; a mast that cut into the sky, completing a triangle.”

Source : Alfred Stieglitz, J. Paul Getty Museum (1995). “Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum”, p.20, Getty Publications

“The activity of the child has always been looked upon as an expression of his vitality.”

“My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember”