"There are an awful lot of people in the world and it's going to be terribly hard to photograph all of them... It was my teacher Lisette Model who finally made it clear to me that the more specific you are, the more general it will be."

-- Diane Arbus

#Photography Quotes #Teacher Quotes #People Quotes

“For me, the act of photography is all about discovery and finding new things.”
“Oh, God, open all doors for me. Oh God who answers prayers and answers those who ask you, I am asking you for your help. I am asking you for forgiveness. I am asking you to lighten my way. I am asking you to lift the burden I feel. Oh God, you who open all doors, please open all doors for me, open all venues for me, open all avenues for me. God, I trust in you. God, I lay myself in your hands.... There is no God but God, I being a sinner. We are of God, and to God we return.”
“Eight hours daily labour is enough for any human being, and under proper arrangements sufficient to afford an ample supply of food, raiment and shelter, or the necessaries and comforts of life, and for the remainder of his time, every person is entitled to education, recreation and sleep.”

Source : "Foundation Axioms" of the Society for Promoting National Regeneration, 1833.
“Artists are all giving so much of ourselves to the work and the people and the press and the media and Twitter and all that now. For me, being able to create from a genuine place is really difficult lately because there's so much going on all the time, but when all that stuff gets quiet, you can explore your ideas without any ego or mental chatter.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey. It leaves a footprint. It leaves a legacy. To eat with reckless abandon, without conscience, without knowledge; folks, this ain't normal.”
“And, Joey, if you ever want to know about the japonicas and the daisy fields it will be alright that you have forgotten because I will be able to tell you about how it felt to be feeling that way you cannot quite remember â€“ that will be for the time when something happens years from now that reminds you of now.”
“Entrepreneurship is â€œriskyâ€ mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.”
“Whiskers of the cat, Webbed toes on my swimming dog; God is in the details.”

Source : Quoted in Architectural Forum, May 1958 See Flaubert 3; Modern Proverbs 24; Warburg 1

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