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> [Science teaches you to open your eyes and appreciate the reality around you. Religion teaches you to close your eyes and cling to the fantasy within you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/science-teaches-you-to-open-your-eyes-and-appreciate-the-reality/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

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## More by David Alan Harvey

> [It's a lot of work living the life that you want to live, but that's what I'm doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/it-s-a-lot-of-work-living-the-life-that-you-want-to-live-but-that-s/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [Science teaches you to open your eyes and appreciate the reality around you. Religion teaches you to close your eyes and cling to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/science-teaches-you-to-open-your-eyes-and-appreciate-the-reality/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/the-most-important-questions-a-human-can-ever-ask-must-surely-deserve/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [In the spirit of Vivian Maier, who worked unaided by any publication or commercial shooting, I set up the Emerging Photographer Fund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/in-the-spirit-of-vivian-maier-who-worked-unaided-by-any-publication/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [So, according to the religious, you can only be good if you're scared of the consequences of being bad? Strange, I thought people were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/so-according-to-the-religious-you-can-only-be-good-if-you-re-scared/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/don-t-shoot-what-it-looks-like-shoot-what-it-feels-like/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [The whole thrust in my life right now is spinning my assignments around and making them work in a more personal way (...) I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/the-whole-thrust-in-my-life-right-now-is-spinning-my-assignments/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [Only religion could justify killing an adult with a family because he carried out abortions of unwanted or unhealthy fetuses that don't even have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/only-religion-could-justify-killing-an-adult-with-a-family-because-he/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [Most of the photographs I make are personal pictures and never end up in print. Even the magazines I shoot for on assignment publish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/most-of-the-photographs-i-make-are-personal-pictures-and-never-end-up/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [The more tightly you cling to your faith, the looser your grip is on reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/the-more-tightly-you-cling-to-your-faith-the-looser-your-grip-is-on/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [The nazis slaughtered millions because they dehumanized their victims... but when it comes to dehumanizing victims the most useful and most widely used tool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/the-nazis-slaughtered-millions-because-they-dehumanized-their-victims/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [Photographers can either look out the window at the world or they can look in the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/photographers-can-either-look-out-the-window-at-the-world-or-they-can/)

[David Alan Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-harvey/)

> [Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available. Which should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-harvey/religion-a-lot-of-fanciful-ideas-inspired-by-wishful-thinking-science/)

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