“I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credence to that time of life and to its troubles.” GivingTryingWellsEnoughSchoolFormLeftEasyBreakSupportTroubleHigh SchoolTwentiesForgottenOur FamilyCredence Author:Julia Leigh
“I read the other day that Minor White said it takes twenty years to become a photographer. I think that is a bit of an exaggeration. I would say, judging from myself, that it takes at least eight or nine years. But it does not take any longer than it takes to learn to play the piano or the violin. If it takes twenty years, you might as well forget about it!” IfsThinkingYearsWellsDoeSaidPlayMightBitsWhiteForgetJudgingTwentiesPhotographerEightNinePianoMinorsViolinExaggerationNine Years Author:Paul Strand
“It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true object of juvenile education, is to provide, against the age of five and twenty, a mind well regulated, active, and prepared to learn. Whatever will inspire habits of industry and observation, will sufficiently answer this purpose.” MindWellsChildrenAgePurposeAnswersFiveOne ThingObjectsInspireIndustryHabitImportanceTwentiesPreparedActiveObservationJuvenile Book:The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays Source: The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays
“Paintings, like tombstones, will last a good five hundred years, well into twenty or thirty generations.” YearsWellsLastsFiveGenerationsPaintingHundredTwentiesImmortalityThirtyTombstone Author:Robert Genn