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“I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.”

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Ansel Adams, born on February 20, 1902, and died on April 22, 1984, was a renowned American landscape photographer. His work is known for its exquisite black and white photography techniques and profound representation of natural landscapes. more

“I didn't want to be in the teeming mass of the working class.[...] I didn't want to live and die in the same place with only a week at the seaside in between. I dreamed of escape - but what is terrible about industrialisation is that it makes escape necessary. In a system that generates masses, individualism is the only way out. But then what happens to community - to society?”

Way Want Happens Dies Community Class Week Terrible Mass Individualism Working Class

Book:Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

“Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.”

Two Different Feelings Knowing Different Things Two Different Things

Author:François Lelord

“Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, that reason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe.”

People Want Believe Looks Reason Fool Ten Appearance Nine Allowing

Book:First Grave on the Right

Source: First Grave on the Right

“You're English," he said. "And I will therefore make certain allowances for you. I realize you don't understand you shouldn't argue with me, and so I'll explain it to you. Don't argue with me." Incredulous, she said, "That's it? 'Don't argue with me' is your explanation as to why I shouldn't argue with you?”

Said Certain Realizing Arguing Explanation Allowance

Book:Ransom

Source: Ransom

“Trouble follows you like a shadow, Gillian. You're prone to injuries. I swear to God, if a tree decided to fall right now, it would find your head to land on." "Oh, for heaven's sake," she muttered. "I'll admit that I have had a run of bad fortune, but—" He wouldn't let her continue. "A run of bad fortune? Since I've known you, you've been beaten, stabbed and now shot with an arrow. If this keeps up, you'll be dead in another month”

Ifs Running Fall Heaven Known Trouble Tree Land Months Right Now Shots Shadow Decided Fortune Sake Injury Swear Beaten Arrows Swear To God Bad Fortune

Book:Ransom

Source: Ransom

“You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self. Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy. Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself. Otherwise, cede your gavel.”

Knows Firsts Wells Self Justice Compassion Expression Judging Highest Fairs Mercy Court Supreme Personal Experiences Compassion For Yourself Gavel

Author:Vera Nazarian

“Genre fiction, as Terry Pratchett has pointed out, is a stew. You take stuff out of the pot, you put stuff back. The stew bubbles on.”

Stuff Fiction Genre Pot Bubbles Stew

Author:Neil Gaiman

“A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise, rather than by violence. He is a man who would rather be unsuccessful in convincing another man by argument than successful in crushing him by force, by intimidation and threats, or even by persuasive propaganda.”

Men Use Certain Force Decision Cases Successful Violence Argument Threat Compromise Propaganda Crush Convincing Another Man Intimidation Unsuccessful Persuasive

Book:Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

Source: Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

“You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.”

Ifs Loses Performances Cinema

Author:Eric Cantona

“God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART”

Mind Heart Tape

Author:Corrie Ten Boom

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