"In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration."

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Source : David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.99, Image Continuum Press

Aaron Siskind

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“Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.”
“As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you.”
“Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too.”
“Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”
“But itâ€™s there. Just because I havenâ€™t told anyone doesnâ€™t mean it isnâ€™t there, all the time, lurking in the back of my mind, like one those NSync songs you canâ€™t get out of your head.”
“We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing ideas that are sometimes of a visual nature, sometimes just about characters and then we try to structure the story.”
“We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.”
“The Republican convention opens in New York to re-nominate George W. Bush and showcase the party's, quote, 'moderate side.' Will voters buy it?”

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