“I think we all look for clues that we are not utterly alone... Clues we find in literature and paintings and music and even someone’s eyes; clues that demonstrate that someone else has felt the same indescribable feelings, seen the same things or passed by the spot even if it was by candlelight three hundred years ago. It means everything, like finding footprints in the sand of a deserted island.” IfsThinkingYearsLooksMeanFeelingsEyeThreeLiteratureFeltPaintingFindingsHundredYears AgoSpotsIslandsSandClueFootprintDesertedIndescribableCandlelightDeserted IslandFootprints In The Sand Book:Losing Julia Source: Losing Julia
“Abstraction in photography is ridiculous, and is only an imitation of painting. We stopped imitating painters a hundred years ago, so to imitate them in this day and age is laughable.” YearsAgePaintingPhotographyHundredYears AgoPhotographerRidiculousPainterThis DayImitationAbstractionImitatingLaughable Author:Berenice Abbott
“Movie actors disappear - any young person wouldn't know Cary Grant. They're going to disappear. Fifty years ago, you thought film was here to stay. But nothing is here to stay, actually - except perhaps paintings and drawings.” KnowsYearsPersonsFilmYoungActorsPaintingYears AgoDisappearDrawingFiftyGrantsMovie ActorsPainting And Drawing Author:David Hockney