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“Freud had also ended up discovering this when he wrote: “Whatever is conscious wears out. What is unconscious remains unalterable. But once it is freed, it too falls to ruin.”
― Situationist International Anthology
― Situationist International Anthology
“Bruce Percy, a brilliant landscape photographer, once said to me, “You can’t polish a turd.” Wise words.”
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
“The direct transfer of artistic gifts is impossible; artistic adaptation takes place through a series of contradictory phases: Shock — Wonder — Imitation — Rejection — Experimentation — Possession.”
― Situationist International Anthology
― Situationist International Anthology
“Arbus would later insist, ‘the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture”
― The Ongoing Moment: A Book About Photographs
― The Ongoing Moment: A Book About Photographs
“Producing a high body count was crucial for promotion in the officer corps. Many high-level officers established “production quotas” for their units, and systems of “debit” and “credit” to calculate exactly how efficiently subordinate units and middle-management personnel performed. Different formulas were used, but the commitment to war as a rational production process was common to all.11”
― Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
― Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
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