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Chris Lavergne

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4,407 quotes curated by Chris Lavergne:

“The form of the state itself always means dictatorship; it's just a question of how democratically its legitimation is organized.”
— P.M., bolo
Tagged: Government, Politics, Authoritarianism
“There's a kind of desire that, whenever it arises, is censored scientifically, morally, politically. The ruling reality tries to stamp it out. This desire is the dream of a second reality.”
— P.M., bolo
Tagged: Ideal Visions, New Order, Censorship
“I check the weather in Los Angeles and I think about you in that heat. I imagine you're working through it. I imagine you moving back east. In a regal vision, I own your attention. We are friends but not lovers. We care for each other.”
— Allison Crutchfield, Supermoon
Tagged: Relationships & Dating
“Suffixes and prefixes (called affixes when you are talking about them together) can't stand alone, there have to be other words (often called root words, that do stand alone to which the affixes can be added.”
— Sharon Berry Dominguez
Tagged: english, Langauge Toolkit
“I'm always very honest with the people I photograph. I open up a lot and tell people about my own experiences and answer their questions honestly. I'm asking my subjects for something, so I want to give something in return.”
— Naomi Harris, Snap judgements: Seven great photographers talk about their craft
Tagged: Photography, Art, Dealing With Photographic Subjects, Necklace, new york times, Photography, smoking, features, Art, Culture
“Men can see nothing around them that is not their own image; everything speaks to them of themselves. Their very landscape is alive.”
— Karl Marx
Tagged: Ego, Image, We Are The Only Ones
“I think art history is crucial for anyone in the visual arts. You have to understand how ideas evolve.”
— David LaChapelle, Snap judgements: Seven great photographers talk about their craft
Tagged: Art History, Photography, Necklace, new york times, Photography, smoking, features, Art, Culture
“I prefer not to think ahead about what I’m going to say with my photographs. I would rather be surprised and see what my subjects bring to the photograph.”
— Mary Ellen Mark
Tagged: Photography, Let It Happen Organically
“I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t. And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied.”
— Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Mapplethorpe: Interview
Tagged: Perfection, Never Complete, Ideals, Striving For Perfection, Life Under The Shadow of Idealism
“With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short periods, short moments, and then you go on to the next thing. It seems to allow you to function in a very contemporary way and still produce material.”
— Robert Mapplethorpe, Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art
Tagged: Photography, Short Attention Span