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"I see no reason for recording the obvious."
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"When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating."
"On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself."
"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."
"That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along."
"It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives."
"What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat."
"I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently erotic or inherently sensual from birth."
"The rule which should guide us in such cases is simple and obvious enough: that the aggregate testimony of our neighbours is subject to the same conditions as the testimony of any one of them."
"What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?"
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"Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection."
"There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me."
"My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea."
"I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without."
"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk."
"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be."
"Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."
"Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately."
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