"When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he must crystallize his ideas and set off in an particular direction. He must learn that shooting for the sake of shooting is dull and unprofitable."

-- Alexey Brodovitch

#Photography Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Cameras Quotes

“The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.”
“The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability of love to know our own hearts and minds better.”

Source : Jane Rule (2013). “A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays”, p.122, Open Road Media
“Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'”
“There is no greater disease than the loss of hope.”
“We were all born carrying a promise -- a promise to make the world better -- and there's a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.”
“I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all.”

Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.47, Penguin
“People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others. It's a sign of immaturity.”
“I don't do anything to be lovable. I have no control.”

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