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4,407 quotes curated by Chris Lavergne:

“Lazy thinking is everything wrong with everything.”
— Steph Wilson, photographer steph wilson sees strength in fellow female image makers | read | i-D
Tagged: Lazy Is The Issue, Quote of the Moment
“Surrealism lies at the heart of the photographic enterprise: in the very creation of a duplicate world, of a reality in the second degree, narrower but more dramatic than the one perceived by natural vision.”
— Susan Sontag, On Photography
Tagged: That It Looks Real Is Deceiving, Unreality of Imagery
“I believe that a photo session should be shorter and I do a lot of work up front, so a subject can come in quickly and be done.”
— Annie Leibovitz, Annie Leibovitz On Getting The Shot--And The Future Of Photography
Tagged: Photography, How To Do A Photoshoot
“In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image.”
— Annie Leibovitz, Annie Leibovitz On Getting The Shot--And The Future Of Photography
Tagged: Photography, Why Still Imagery Still Matters, Freeze Time
“A lot of what happens in a shooting is based on what is available.”
— Annie Leibovitz, Annie Leibovitz at Work
Tagged: Photography
“People in an audience can lose a sense of themselves and melt into a frenzied, mindless mass.”
— Annie Leibovitz, Annie Leibovitz at Work
Tagged: Masses, Groups of People
“Drunk as I was, my mind felt high and cold and strangely clear.”
— Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
Tagged: Alcohol
“I hid myself in the coolness and silence of the book.”
— Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
Tagged: Quote of the Moment, Books, Reading, Books as an Escape, Best Reading Quotes
“Aethereal harmonies, impersonal, piercing, like a radio signal from Paradise.”
— Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
Tagged: Perfect Music, Signals Inside Sound
“All I had to do was sink into the blood-warm current and let myself spin away to the secret place where everything was all right: Pippa’s face pale in the dark.”
— Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
Tagged: Love Image As Escape