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“At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.”

Knows Government Power Subjects Authority Sight Distance Despotism Despots

Author:Stendhal

“Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.”

Art Eye Pain Understanding Subjects All Things Distance Psychological Perceive

Book:Philosophical Works: Preliminary discourse by the editor. On the conduct of the understanding. An essay concerning human understanding

Source: Philosophical Works: Preliminary discourse by the editor. On the conduct of the understanding. An essay concerning human understanding

“Nudity in photography, whether involving adults or children, is a subject sinking under a freight of political and moral disapproval it could never hope to support, and this is not the place for me to get out the bilge pump. I will only say that critics who tremble so fiercely at the thought of the voyeuristic male gaze miss the point that distance generates mystery and enchantment, and expresses the awe with which the male imagination regards all women.”

Children Political Imagination Moral Support Mystery Subjects Missing Photography Adults Regard Distance Critics Males Awe Involving Sinking Nudity Pumps Enchantment Disapproval

Author:J. G. Ballard

“I wanted to make photographs that were immediate and revealing - different from traditional portraiture that called for formal distance between artist and subject.”

Different Wanted Artist Subjects Distance Photograph Traditional Formal Revealing Portraiture

Book:Collaborative works with children 1969-1999

Source: Collaborative works with children 1969-1999