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"In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima."
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"If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics."
"If you want to know the value of a week ask the editor of a weekly magazine if he fails to meet up with the target of his weekly publication."
"Gold may shine, but it has no true light."
"Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another."
"All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values."
"Tell me, where in life is there a value that would make us consider suicide uncalled for on principle! Love? Or friendship? I guarantee that friendship is not a bit less fickle than love and it is impossible to build anything on it. Self-love? I wish it were possible."
"People who do not have a price tag attached to them are priceless."
"Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward."
"How we spend our money, however little we have, still reveals what we value."
"Even the most beautiful girl in the world becomes unsightly without depth of character."
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"The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed by interference. The eye thus perceives at each point the constituent colour of the image."
"The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue."
"The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century."
"In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima."
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