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“Photography Cannot Record Abstract Ideas (Title of a 16x20 inch photograph depicting an index card on which that phrase is handwritten.)”

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Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner, born in 1940, is an American artist known for his exploration of the relationship between language, symbols, and visual elements in various forms such as painting, sculpture, installation, and photography. more

“Before the Conquest all art was of the people, and popular art has never ceased to exist in Mexico. The art called popular is fugitive in character, with less of the impersonal and intellectual characteristics of the schools. It is the work of talent nourished by personal experience and that of the community - rather than being taken from the experiences of painters in other times and other cultures.”

People Art Character School Culture Community Taken Talent Intellectual Painter Characteristics Mexico Conquest Personal Experiences Other Cultures Fugitive Bravo

Book:Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Source: Manuel Álvarez Bravo

“I think that a visual artist's philosophy develops much more freely than a writer's or a thinker's philosophy. It is not so disciplined. The photographer works with both his eyes and his mind.”

Thinking Mind Philosophy Eye Artist Photographer His Eyes Visuals Thinker Visual Art Visual Artist

Author:Manuel Alvarez Bravo

“Each image suggests an inner reality, a kind of scar of the past, a reflection of an act or an event once lived.”

Kind Reality Past Events Reflection Scar

Book:Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-century Photography

Source: Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-century Photography

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