"I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and then to combine this with a conceptual art practice. But thinking back, that was the wrong decision [laughs]. Developing a low-quality aesthetic is a sign of serious fine art-I still see this."

-- Hiroshi Sugimoto

#Photography Quotes #Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.”
“Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little.”
“This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self-destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all sight of reality and reason.”
“Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside.”
“Management, in the sense of employer, is merely the agent for the public, the stockholders and the employees. It is management's job to preserve the balance fairly between all these interests, that each may have his fair share without imperiling the continuity of the effort upon which the whole depends.”
“I think that the idea of finding another person to share your life with is the most fascinating, beautiful quest you could ever be on in life. And yes, living your dreams is so important too, and a lot of times Iâ€™ve put that before everything else. But then you get to a place where the whole time youâ€™re living these dreams, you look beside you to say to someone, â€œHey, isnâ€™t this so much fun?â€ And if thereâ€™s no one there to say it to, whatâ€™s the point?”
“You know, one thing I've learned in my time on this earth Be careful what you wish for.”
“Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.”

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