"To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain."

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Brassai

#Photography Quotes

“If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.”
“Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.”
“The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.”

Source : "Jobs Back At Political Forefront". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with David Greene, www.npr.org. July 8, 2012.
“Children hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.”
“One works without thinking how to work.”

Source : Christian Geelhaar, Jasper Johns, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel (1980). “Jasper Johns working proofs”
“Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.”
“I don't care for remakes. There's soooo much undiscovered material out there; old and new. I want to be original.”
“Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.”

Source : Diana Trilling (1993). “The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling”, Harcourt

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