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Photography is nothing-it's life that interests me.


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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.

It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.



One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.

One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.



To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.



Sharpness is a bourgeois concept

Sharpness is a bourgeois concept



In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.



Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.



For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.



Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.



Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.



You just have to live and life will give you pictures.

You just have to live and life will give you pictures.





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My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up.

My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up.



I can't go long without you either, Eva. You're an addiction...my obsession...

I can't go long without you either, Eva. You're an addiction...my obsession...



The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.

The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.



Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.



You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you.

You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you.



Commercials and sometimes other guests - it's the down side of TV. Other people - it's the downside of life in general.

Commercials and sometimes other guests - it's the down side of TV. Other people - it's the downside of life in general.



For me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world.

For me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world.



A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.

A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.



The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today

The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today



So, does this make you visibly challenged? (Nick) No, but if you don’t lay off me, I’m going to make you breathing impaired. (Acheron)

So, does this make you visibly challenged? (Nick) No, but if you don’t lay off me, I’m going to make you breathing impaired. (Acheron)




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