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> [“In our society most of us wear protective masks (psychological ones) of various kinds, and for various reasons. Very often, the end result is that the mask grows to us, displacing our original characters with our assumed characters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/in-our-society-most-of-us-wear-protective-masks-psychological-ones-of/)

[Clarence John Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-john-laughlin/)

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> [In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the masks grow to us, displacing our original characters with our assumed characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/in-our-society-most-of-us-wear-protective-masks-of-various-kinds-and/)

[Clarence John Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-john-laughlin/)

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## More by Clarence John Laughlin

> [In old grimy streets, in isolated and decaying houses, sometimes far from the Vieux Carre, in little used and secluded cemeteries, there still sluggishly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/in-old-grimy-streets-in-isolated-and-decaying-houses-sometimes-far/)

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> [As a whole, I am interested in the symbolic, rather than the literal use of the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/as-a-whole-i-am-interested-in-the-symbolic-rather-than-the-literal/)

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> [It therefore should be possible for even the photographer - just as for the creative poet or painter - to use the object as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/it-therefore-should-be-possible-for-even-the-photographer-just-as-for/)

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> [... dissatisfaction with one's self and dissatisfaction with the world - is necessary - it is one of the prime things that keeps the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/dissatisfaction-with-one-s-self-and-dissatisfaction-with-the-world-is/)

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> [There is nothing, under present conditions, that can be more easily and exactly reproduced than a technically good black-and-white photograph, and it is utter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/there-is-nothing-under-present-conditions-that-can-be-more-easily-and/)

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> [Photography is one of the most authentic and integral modes of expression possible in this world in which we live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/photography-is-one-of-the-most-authentic-and-integral-modes-of/)

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> [Let us see as steadily and completely as possible the realities of our age: the wasted lives, the scattered and misused resources (human and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/let-us-see-as-steadily-and-completely-as-possible-the-realities-of/)

[Clarence John Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-john-laughlin/)

> [“In our society most of us wear protective masks (psychological ones) of various kinds, and for various reasons. Very often, the end result is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/in-our-society-most-of-us-wear-protective-masks-psychological-ones-of/)

[Clarence John Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-john-laughlin/)

> [ The mystery of light \[and\] the enigma of time form the twin pivots around which all my work revolves. In addition... my work attempts… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/the-mystery-of-light-and-the-enigma-of-time-form-the-twin-pivots/)

[Clarence John Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-john-laughlin/)

> [One of my basic feelings is that the mind, and the heart alike, of the photographer must be dedicated to the glory, the magic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/one-of-my-basic-feelings-is-that-the-mind-and-the-heart-alike-of-the/)

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> [I have approached the buildings as psychological and poetic manifestations - rather than from the more technical viewpoints of the architect and historian (which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/i-have-approached-the-buildings-as-psychological-and-poetic/)

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> [In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/in-our-society-most-of-us-wear-protective-masks-of-various-kinds-and/)

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> [Everything that I see must become personal; otherwise, it is dead and mechanical. Our only chance to escape the blight of mechanization, of acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/everything-that-i-see-must-become-personal-otherwise-it-is-dead-and/)

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