To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge—and, therefore, like power.
“There seemed to be nothing that contributed more to squalor than a bunch of basalt-block structures designed to lift people out of squalor.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
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“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
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“Mrs LINDE: When you've sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it second time.”
― A Doll's House
― A Doll's House
“And don’t take no ass-whupping or no disrespect from no one in your own house or your own dreams”
― Long Division
― Long Division
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