"Why do most great pictures look uncontrived? Why do photographers bother with the deception, especially since it so often requires the hardest work of all? The answer is, I think, that the deception is necessary if the goal of art is to be reached: only pictures that look as if they had been easily made can convincingly suggest that beauty is commonplace."

-- Robert Adams

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Goal Quotes

“What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.”
“Tradition is a challenge to innovation..”
“I had Micah Richards as a player at 16 and he was a man then. What is he now? A bigger man, probably”
“All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.”
“Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.”
“If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca to make Hajj.”
“They used Akbar's principles to formulate a version of Islam that could peacefully co-exist with other religions (or so they claimed). An Emperor's Bequest to Islam, their joint 1,300-page doorstopper, spent twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover alone. The fact that they remained practicing Muslims (albeit the liberal, wine-guzzling kind) put their message in high international demand.”
“A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.”

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