“Life itself does its best to take that memory of magic away from us. You don't know it's happening until one day you feel you've lost something but you're not sure what it is. It's like smiling at a pretty girl and she calls you 'sir.' It just happens.” KnowsFeelsDoeHappensGirlLostMemoriesMagicOne DayHappeningsNot SurePretty Girl Book:Boy's Life Source: Boy's Life
“In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.” PeopleLooksStoriesFeelingsHappensPastImaginationMemoriesMy OwnFireHappenedAirStageEventsActivityEvidenceEmptyPerformancesTheaterPhotographerPhotographAtmosphereVisualsAnticipationMy ImaginationAnalogiesPersonal ExperiencesFingerprintsEmpty Stage Author:Michael Kenna
“No, I happen to be one of those people whose memory shuts down under pressure. The answers would come to me in the middle of the night in my sleep! Besides, I am a millionaire.” PeopleHappensNightMemoriesSleepAnswersMiddlePressureMillionaireMiddle Of The NightUnder Pressure Author:Terry Pratchett
“If you are wired to your memory, repetitions will happen and redundancy will come; but if you are paying attention, that changes your ability to look at things.” IfsLooksHappensMemoriesAbilityAttentionPay AttentionRepetitionOur MemoriesRedundancy Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity” IfsMindMayLongImportantWarStoriesMightHappensAbleTermMemoriesWorryGenerationsGreedLong TermThriveFadesShort TermAtrocitiesYounger GenerationShort Term Memory Book:How to Stay Sane Source: How to Stay Sane
“I was told that The Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.” Has BeensSaidMightHappensMemoriesRegretWesternAtheistPositive AtheismChineseLakesShrinesChic Book:Autobiography Source: Autobiography