"I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be used."

-- Eliot Porter

#Photography Quotes #Purpose Quotes #May Quotes

“You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led.”
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
“Stop looking out, start looking in. Be your own best friend. Stand up and say, hey, this is mine!”
“The king has been very good to me. He promoted me from a simple maid to be a marchioness. Then he raised me to be a queen. Now he will raise me to be a martyr.”
“We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just 'cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings.”
“Just recently Ive learned to be okay with myself without wearing makeup. I think it was a special someone telling me that I didnt need it. I started taking care of my skin and realized I didnt need as much as I thought I did.”
“The best way to manipulate a man is to make him think he is manipulating you.”
“I shall not return to Constantinople until I have conquered Egypt!”

Source : "On Secret Service East of Constantinople". Book by Peter Hopkirk, p. 77, 2001.

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