“I'm such a jerk; it had never occurred to me that when we look at a photo from the front, the eyes reproduce exactly the position and the vision of the lens; it's these things that are taken for granted and it never occurs to anyone to think about them.” ThinkingLooksEyeVisionTakenFrontsPositionGrantedLensesJerkTaken For Granted Book:Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much Source: Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much
“One of the many ways of contesting level-zero, and one of the best, is to take photographs, an activity in which one should start becoming adept very early in life, teach it to children since it requires discipline, aesthetic education, a good eye and steady fingers.” WayShouldChildrenEyeLevelsTeachBecomingDisciplineActivityFingersPhotographZeroSteadyAestheticAdeptLife Teaches Book:Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much Source: Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much
“La Maga did not know that my kisses were like eyes which began to open up beyond her, and that I went along outside as if I saw a different concept of the world, the dizzy pilot of a black prow which cut the water of time and negated it.” IfsKnowsWorldDifferentEyeBlackWaterSawsCuttingKissingConceptsPilotsDizzy Book:Hopscotch: A Novel Source: Hopscotch: A Novel
“Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every love affair, in everything that deeply torments and unties and tricks.” EyeColorAffairNostalgiaTricksKingdomsTormentLove Affair Book:Hopscotch: A Novel Source: Hopscotch: A Novel