"Here is a paradox. It would seem that there cannot be surrealism and photography, but only photography or surrealism."

-- Rosalind E. Krauss

#Photography Quotes #Paradox Quotes #Surrealism Quotes

“When we sing praises to our Lord, we join in the chorus that creation has been singing from the beginning of time. And it is the same anthem that we as believers will be singing for all eternity.”
“I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.”
“People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell.”

Source : Jackson Pollock (2011). “American Letters: 1927-1947”, p.16, Polity
“I'm a private guy, and you don't want to be out there preaching to people. But faith leads you in the decisions you make. You don't always pick the right path, but it's there in your conscience.”
“I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I'm so very bad at it.”
“I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.”
“The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me.”
“Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy. Nobody wants to admit it. We'd all declare we want to be happy, if we could. So why, then, is pain the one thing we most often hold on to? Why are slights and griefs the memories on which we choose to dwell? Is it because joy doesn't last but grief does?”

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