When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.
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Im waiting, for what, my kind of people, what kind is that, i can tell my kind of people by their fa... AYN RAND The word "metaphor" means carrying something from one place to another . . . and it is when you desc... MARK HADDON I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's... ANNIE LEIBOVITZ Just because you believe something was true in the past does not mean it will be true in the future. JEFFREY FRY i can not go through the ocean. i can not drive the streets at night. i can not wake up in the morni... A FINE FRENZY I think of something quite different from a snapshot. I know of a lot of poems, some very fine ones,... ROBERT BRINGHURST A Bullet is a man, from time to time he strays, I compare my life to this, To this I relate. And Im ... CHRIS CORNELL The word 'education' comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. T... MURIEL SPARK When you can take the chairlift up and can see the three Ansel Adams peaks, it's just majestic. ... ... SAM BUSH All that I have done will be remembered when I am all said and done. TRUMAINE M. PRESSLEY Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the trut... GERARD WAY When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in ... AGNES MARTIN I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in po... TEMPLE GRANDIN My story reflexes come less from fantasy or horror than from the darker sort of psychological thrill... GRAHAM JOYCE If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, ... ADAM DRIVER Never felt lyk im alone bcoz my soul always follows me dats wat make me feel im not alone & I"ll nev... RAKSHAN BHANDARY We do not have federated IM. We firmly believe you need a separate channel from any public IM system... BOB SHIMP I was quite academic, quite geeky when I was a kid. I was more interested in going to school than I ... BEL POWLEY My original idea was to photograph Princess Diana in her tiara. But then I thought, am I interested ... MARIO TESTINO Anything that improves the time from (lab) bench to bedside, and make it more efficient, is somethin... DIANA ROBINSON You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I like being full of mystery and wonder, people always know im up to something but never know exactl... NIKKI ROWE I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n... , IN THE NEW REPUBLIC In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming... JOHN SEXTON Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It is something that you have to contend with, obviously, but in Proof I don't see Gwyneth, I just s... JOHN MADDEN The problem is that contemporary people think life is all about finding happiness. We decide what co... TIMOTHY J. KELLER She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is beca... JOSTEIN GAARDER We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG Sometimes, dear brother, I know so well what I want. I am quite able to do without God, both in my l... VINCENT VAN GOGH I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsessio... STEVEN VAN ZANDT I found myself thinking that perhaps there was something inexorable about the way events unfolded, a... HANYA YANAGIHARA Sometimes people appear in your life unexpectedly like a gift from the Universe. You didn’t even k... RIITTA KLINT i's in my writing are never capitalized because in the story of my life im just the supporting chara... IJIRASHIIJACK I'm quite discreet. I think I'd rather focus on my work. So, I only speak when I have someth... DELPHINE ARNAULT dont read my diary when im gone, ok im going to work now , when you wake up please read my diary, lo... KURT COBAIN I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was i... GABY HOFFMANN I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the go... CHRIS BURKE Hiding in all the thorns, there is a yellow rose. BEN OAK I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, ... VINCENT VAN GOGH When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f... GARY F EVANS... I used to think when I was in my teens I was very different from my father, but now I see that what ... KAZUO ISHIGURO My philosophy is to take back the word craft rather than get rid of it. I'm interested in design, ar... KAREN GILBERT [He paused and looked up to make eye contact, expressing sincerity that needed no translation.] When... JOSE CONTRERAS But how does it come about that while the ‘I think’ gives Kant a genuine phenomenal starting-poi... MARTIN HEIDEGGER The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parti... ALANIS MORISSETTE I feel like 'Beware' is a heartfelt song - it's something that is definitely a story, so... BIG SEAN I think in terms of me shying away from modelling, I would like to clarify in some way that I was ta... 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DARREN CLARKE From my experience with God, and what I read from his Holy Book. I sometimes think that he is more i... SUNDAY ADELAJA every body thinks im this cheerful littel person with a wonderful smile but the truth is i hide behi... AMBER FAITH HUN When in doubt, do something. HARRY CHAPIN There is something like an explosion in the meaning of certain words: they have a greater value than... MARCEL DUCHAMP Im in the state of Imbroglio NOBLE DA GENIUS I think the confidence and optimism are there. I think they are really starting to believe. Confiden... BETH YOUNG The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I dis... MARY DALY a person is quite literally not able to think of anything that is not possible outside their body, f... STEVE BULLOCK Blues is my life. It's a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes o... KOKO TAYLOR Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and s... JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future. GIANNI VERSACE Im going to Invest in a Turtle shell so i dont have to Watch MY Back. add ME to the Ninja Turtles Li... KALUM JOHNSON (KDOG) Today A woman is one who tries to bring a man down. A man is one who has to keep that woman in check... APURVA GAGLANI It is so fascinating that when after a hard stressful day we calm our mind and release the stress fr... GARY F EVANS... That's something that I think is within the bounds of the laws and regulations there are, but still ... JOHN PODESTA The whiskey’s power released his repressed memories so fast that his words raced to keep up with t... PASCAL MARCO His shoulder might be hurting like a son of a bitch and he was more than slightly sloshed but he rec... VICKIE MCKEEHAN I would rather be trampled by raging elephants than see the full wrath of my God. My repentance from... NORM TOMLINSON I mumble a lot when im off stage, so a lot of times when im with a friend i'll say something and he'... MITCH HEDBERG To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the t... MAHATMA GANDHI Penetrate deep into the word "Om". Gradually the word will disappear and only the silence will remai... AMIT RAY Im not trying to prove a point, ... I just want to get it out of my system, and I think I have the o... ANGEL CORDERO, JR. In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it... ANSEL ADAMS In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it ex... ANSEL ADAMS We want to provide something that will make people think, which is the point of theater - to broaden... 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