"Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas art photography is more often a private pursuit by conmen."

-- Philip Jones Griffiths

#Photography Quotes #Art Quotes #Real Quotes

“An honorable human relationship- that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word "love"- is a process, delicate, violent, often terrifying to both persons involved, a process of refining the truths they can tell each other. It is important to do this because it breaks down human self-delusion and isolation. It is important to do this because in doing so we do justice to our own complexity. It is important to do this because we can count on so few people to go that hard way with us.”

Source : Adrienne Rich (2002). “Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations”, p.21, W. W. Norton & Company
“The heart, not the head, must be the guide.”

Source : Arthur Erickson's Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.
“I experimented with weed, Ecstasy, mushrooms and mescaline for about a year and a half.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: First Look at Melissa Joan Hart's Tell-All Book: Inside Her Secret Partying and Drug Use" by Chantal Waldholz, www.lifeandstylemag.com. February 5, 2014.
“He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.”
“The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.”
“In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle.”
“In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life.”
“I'll do my bit tonight, but forgive me if it's a little harder to keep going than normal. Forgive me if I'm not superwoman after all." "Not superwoman?" he exclaimed, putting a hand on his chest in mock surprise. "You've lied to me all these years!”

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