Philip Larkin
[Poet and writer, b. 1922, Coventry, England, d. 1985, London.]
But o, photography! as no art is,Faithful and disappointing! that records
Dull days as dull, and hold-it smiles as frauds,
And will not censor blemishes.
Raymond Depardon
[Photographer and filmmaker, b. 1942, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France, lives in Paris.]
I’m coming from journalism, but at the same time I’m tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness, a belief that you can still change things with the image. Frank Zappa
[Musician and composer, b. 1940, Baltimore, Maryland, d. 1993, Los Angeles.]
And if another woman driverGets machine-gunned from her seat
They’ll send some joker with a brownie
And you’ll see it all complete.
Charles Bukowski
[Writer, b. 1920, Andernach, Germany, d. 1994, San Pedro, California.]
above mefeet walk upon my brain, monkeys fall from the sky
clutching photographs
of the planets,
but i seek only music
and the leisure
of my pain
Ogden Nash
[Poet and humorist, b. 1902, Rye, New York, d. 1971, Baltimore, Maryland.]
Some hate broccoli, some hate baconI hate having my picture taken.
How can your family claim to love you
And then demand a picture of you?
Charles Nègre
[Photographer, b. 1820, Grasse, France, d. 1880, Cannes, France.]
If art is the poetic interpretation of nature, photography is the exact translation; it is exactitude in art or the complement of art.
(1854)