Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.
SUSAN SONTAGwhatever doesn’t kill you leaves scars.
More Susan Sontag Quotes
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A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.
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Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.
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My library is an archive of longings.
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Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.
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It hurts to love. It’s like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.
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To be an artist or a writer is to be this weird thing – a hand worker in an era of mass production.
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Today everything exists to end in a photograph.
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All my life I’ve been looking for someone intelligent to talk to.
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There is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera.
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I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing – not just a waiting.
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Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once, and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you.
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The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.
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My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything.
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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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The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.
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