"The photographic image... is a message without a code."

-- Roland Barthes

#Photography Quotes #Messages Quotes #Code Quotes

“We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose.”
“If words don't have vibration behind them, and a real feeling behind them, then they're just words”

Source : Interview with Christopher Cook, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2001.
“Lean too much upon the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.”

Source : Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”
“My God, I'd rather go to Europe than go to heaven.”
“My analysis, especially of the computer revolution, always comes back to capitalism. It's that economic system that has led to Western civilization's willingness to enslave ourselves to machines - because some people benefit enormously from it, while the costs are borne by other people and the planet.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“The Hispanic community values entrepreneurship and family-owned businesses, and we deserve a leader in Washington who is dedicated to creating an environment where our values, our goals and our dreams of prosperity can become reality.”

Source : "Obama to Hispanics on immigrants: I see my kids", www.foxnews.com. June 22, 2012.
“Politkovskaya was a known critic of the administration. For this reason, one cannot rule out the possibility that someone would want to blame the government for the murder.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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