There is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera.
SUSAN SONTAGThe possession of a camera can inspire something akin to lust. And like all credible forms of lust, it cannot be satisfied.
More Susan Sontag Quotes
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The possession of a camera can inspire something akin to lust. And like all credible forms of lust, it cannot be satisfied.
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Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.
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The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or duplication.
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It is not the position, but the disposition.
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Photographers are always imposing.
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Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.
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Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
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Fear of sexuality is the new, disease-sponsored register of the universe of fear in which everyone now lives.
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I urge you to be as impudent as you dare. BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BE BOLD.
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I don’t write because there’s an audience. I write because there is literature.
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Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
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Sanity is a cozy lie.
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Our appreciations, it was felt, could be so much more inclusive if we said that something, instead of being beautiful, was ‘interesting’.
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Art is a form of consciousness.
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Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it’s the secret to good sex.
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