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To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.
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To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the…
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering…
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Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.
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The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.
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Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The…
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Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make…
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The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera…
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Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in…
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In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.
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The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a…
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Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that…
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Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.
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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
— Martin Buber
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you…
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I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The frustrations have been festering for 12 years because federal policy has forced immigration into this area with no programs to accommodate…
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The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic…
— Louis Kronenberger
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When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a few unintelligible…
— Dennis Miller
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Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power…
— Bertrand Russell
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It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust into motion by the idea of what…
— Todd Solondz
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Away, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By this wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play…
— William Shakespeare
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Thurst [thrust] out nature with a croche [crook], yet woll she styll runne back agayne.
— Unknown Author
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