"To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt."

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Source : Susan Sontag (1978). “On photography”, Delta

Susan Sontag

#Moments Quotes #Photograph Quotes #Mortality Quotes

“You only live once, so off with them pants. Hell ain't for sure, it's only a chance.”
“I think when you're younger and making things, it's something that you have to fight through, to finish things. I feel like I'm past that stage, and I get the appreciation for being in that moment, and soaking it in.”
“Past and Future are a duality of which Present is the reality. The now-moment alone is eternal and real.”
“God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.”
“Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.”

Source : New York Times, September 20, 1970.
“Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.”
“For President Donald Trump, questions about transparency start with his taxes, and why he's breaking with tradition and not releasing his returns.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Work isn't really work for me.”

Source : "John W. Kluge, 95, RIP. Entrepreneur, Benefactor to Columbia University" by Dave Lerner, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2010.

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