"It is as if only irrelevance can be promoted as art."

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Source : James Elkins (2011). “What Photography Is”, p.124, Routledge

James Elkins

#Art Quotes #Irrelevance Quotes #Modernism Quotes

“The journey is the reward”
“Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading way and to be truly vile about gay people. They invent this idea of people who are politically correct, with a rigid, monstrous attitude to life so they can attack. But we have all had to learn to modify our language. That's all part of being a decent human being.”
“I believe in letting each person find what they need and not getting involved with their destiny.”
“Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed.”

Source : James E. Talmage (2015). “Jesus the Christ”, p.206, Latter-day Strengths
“No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.”
“The power of the heart is to be connected with who you are at the deepest level. The power of the heart is the power of life itself, the power of the very intelligence that pervades and underlies the entire universe. It is a power that lies at the very heart of the universe. So to live in connectedness with that, then you are in touch with the power of the heart.”
“What else is life from the time you were born but a struggle to matter, at least to someone?”

Source : Elliot Perlman (2012). “The Street Sweeper”, p.169, Penguin
“God wiped snot out of his nose and that was you.”

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