"The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flÃ¢neur finds the world 'picturesque."

-- Susan Sontag

#Cities Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion of citizens from the management of the country, repression. All this is what constitutes the primal cause, from which the rest flows naturally.”
“There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.”
“My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been worth it. It's uncovered a vast cesspool of illegitimate economic and political power in which the Church is immersed right up to its ears, and I intend to dive in headfirst and pull it out of there dripping wet for all the world to see -no matter how long it takes, no matter whose feet get stepped on in the process, no matter how much it costs, no matter how great the personal sacrifice.”
“I got more used to my own voice, but still it's hard for me to listen to my own voice, or hear the recordings.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Of course thereâ€™s destiny, but destiny doesnâ€™t push you where you donâ€™t want to go. Youâ€™re the ones who choose. Destiny is up to you.”
“I must make a choice every time I speak a sentence in English. I try to choose the happier way of saying things, so that my own words will not weigh me down like stones.”

Source : Tad Williams (1998). “Otherland: City of Golden Shadow”, p.467, Penguin
“Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.”
“In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real.”

Source : "Michel Gondry Pinch Hits For Tokyo!" by Ayako Fujitani and Ryo Kase, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 6, 2009.

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