“It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.” MayStatesSoundUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryHavensTerribleSavedConventionalConventional Life Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“I usually have an immediate recognition of the potential image, and I have found that too much concern about matters such as conventional composition may take the edge off the first inclusive reaction.” FirstsMayMatterFoundToo MuchConcernEdgesReactionsRecognitionConventionalComposition Author:Ansel Adams
“If form is mechanically applied, it may indeed result in work that is conventional, if not pedantic or stupid. But form used well can become the very vehicle of freedom, of discovering the creative surprises that liberate mind-at-play.” IfsMindWellsMayPlayFormUsedResultsCreativeStupidSurpriseVehicleDiscoveringConventionalPedantic Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art