Edward Weston Quotes
Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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I feel like the gods have certainly patted me on the head.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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Whenever I do a book, I'm usually guided by a question or something that I'm trying to tease out.
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I love the challenge of taking colors that are totally disparate and making them work together in an interesting way.
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It's inspiring to watch people love my dad and want to work with him. I feel that same investment in making sure people are happy.
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Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
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If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.
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Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.
