"Photography is about being exquisitely present."

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Source : Colin Westerbeck, Joel Meyerowitz (2001). “Joel Meyerowitz”, Phaidon Press

Joel Meyerowitz

#Photography Quotes

“The Obama administration took rapid and decisive action to restructure GM and Chrysler. Within a fairly short period of time these companies were working effectively again.”
“The California cemeteries make dying sound so attractive it's a real effort to keep breathing.”

Source : JACK PAAR (1960). “I KID YOU NOT”
“I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now.”
“We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We'll grow the most when we have the right conversations.”
“The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they are not frightened by the thoughts of it.”
“We know that our bodies suffer from overwork and lack of leisure: anxiety, mental-health issues - we're not designed to work more than about 40 hours a week. Our systems wear out and the quality of the work suffers. After 50 hours, it crashes and burns.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.”
“I was walking across King's Cross station when a drunken Irishman came stumbling up and flung his arms around me. He wanted to thank me for the peace process in Northern Ireland.”

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