“Look at the things around you, the immediate world around you. If you are alive, it will mean something to you, and if you care enough about photography, and if you know how to use it, you will want to photograph that meaningness. If you let other people's vision get between the world and your own, you will achieve that extremely common and worthless thing, a pictorial photograph.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWantLooksMeanEnoughUseCareCommonVisionKnow HowAliveAchievePhotographyPhotographWorthlessIf You CarePictorial Author:Paul Strand
“I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this is the end in and of itself - then you've been suckered in. Because those are the consolation prizes, if you're not careful, for selling yourself out, or letting the best of yourself slip away.” IfsGivingBelieveEndsDreamFallHouseAliveAchieveCarTvsCarefulSellingPrizeSlipsAmerican DreamConsumerismConsolationOverconsumptionConsolation PrizeSelling Yourself Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I come alive by giving back, seeing my children smile and hearing them laugh, standing up for things I believe in, achieving a goal, being there for those who need me, spending quality time with my husband, and indulging in "me moments," whether it's a vacation or just a night out with friends.” NeedsGivingBelieveChildrenMomentsNightI BelieveGoalQualityLaughingAliveSeeingAchieveHusbandStandingI Believe InHearingSpendingMy ChildrenMy HusbandVacationGiving BackBeing ThereQuality Time Author:Trista Sutter
“When you start you're trying to achieve staying alive and getting home. If you can do both of those, then you stand a chance of breaking the record.” IfsTryingHomeCan DoChanceRecordsAliveAchieveStayingStaying Alive Author:Ellen MacArthur
“Over the last few days, I have been able to see my life as from a great altitude, as a sort of landscape, and with a deepening sense of the connection of all its parts. This does not mean I am finished with life. On the contrary, I feel intensely alive, and I want and hope in the time that remains to deepen my friendships, to say farewell to those I love, to write more, to travel if I have the strength, to achieve new levels of understanding and insight.” IfsWantFeelsWritingMeanDoeHas BeensAbleLastsUnderstandingLevelsAliveAchieveConnectionsRemainsInsightFinishedContraryLandscapeFarewellMy Friendship Author:Oliver $