Quotes of the day, July 15

All the arts are based on the presence of man, only photography derives an advantage from his absence. Photography affects us like a phenomenon in nature, like a flower or a snowflake whose vegetable or earthly origins are an inseparable part of their beauty.

Andre Bazin

• Men
• Art
• Nature

To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money.

Henry Rollins Black Flag

• Broken
• Humans
• Cost

Come, then," returned the nephew gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.

Charles Dickens

• Rich
• Returned
• Morose

The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to reconcile the claims and demands of all three...The three tyrants are the external world, the superego, and the id.

Sigmund Freud

• Ego
• Masters
• Demands

I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.

Michel Foucault

• Book
• Write
• Word

I love sparkly eyes for the holidays, especially New Year's Eve.

Kat Graham

• Eyes
• I Love
• Holidays