"Billions of photos are shot every year, and about the toughest thing a photographer can do is invent an original, deeply personal, instantly recognizable visual style. In the early nineties, Wolfgang Tillmans did just that, transforming himself into a new kind of artist-photographer of modern life."

-- Jerry Saltz

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“I got in trouble my whole life for having a big mouth.”

Source : "Tyler irks with altered anthem". cnn.com. May 28, 2001.
“Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.”
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”

Source : Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco
“I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.”
“I think that when you pay tribute and are citing, not only through naming the authors but also through the acknowledgement of the form, that you are in no way plagiarizing.”
“Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.”
“Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover? Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd satisfaction? Do you think I am trusty and faithful? Do you see no further than this faÃ§adeâ€”this smooth and tolerant manner of me? Do you suppose yourself advancing on real ground toward a real heroic man? Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all maya, illusion?”
“I guess the good news that the summer travel season that we were projecting is becoming a reality. We certainly felt that our numbers were going to be there. Our parking lots and parking garage have been full throughout the month.”

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