"It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising them. You just have to care about what's around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy."

-- Elliott Erwitt

#Photography Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Care Quotes

“My point is that meaning is always personal, changeable and subjective. There is no 'correct' interpretation of a photograph.”
“I think it's much more interesting when people say, "I love being famous. I love the attention and getting laid and having people I respect admire me," than when they pretend it hasn't had an effect on them.”

Source : "Horizon (The Pleasure of Finding Things Out)". Documentary (November 23, 1981), later published in "No Ordinary Genius: The Illustrated Richard Feynman" edited by Christopher Sykes (p. 239), 1994.
“When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.”
“What if what has been said one time not only does not cease to be said but always recommences, and not only recommences but also imposes upon us the idea that nothing has ever truly begun, having from the beginning begun by beginning again.”

Source : Maurice Blanchot (1993). “The Infinite Conversation”, p.343, U of Minnesota Press
“For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out perfect on the first try, they can be really hard to repair. Or, worse, if the author thinks they pop out perfect, but the publishing house does not agree, it's difficult to shift gears. And then? Then you go insane.”
“Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.”
“I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song.”
“Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest-it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes.”

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