![[X-ray's] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into modernity's fascination with, and belief in, the power of technological transparency: the desire to domesticate time (cinema), to preserve and capture the surface of the fleeting (photography), to see inside (x-ray).](/assets/img/quote-photos/x-rays-accidental-discovery-in-the-late-1800s-fits-seamlessly-into-modernitys.jpg)
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You can't teach people photography, they've got to learn how to do it the best way possible for them. They can learn from looking at pictures taken by well-known people, but they don't really get intimate with the medium until they've made a few bad shots! Cecil Beaton
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I didnt know photography would take me to the places that it has taken me Carrie Mae Weems
photography powerful believe
Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism... Postmodernism looked radical, but it wasn't. As a movement it was profoundly liberal and became a victim of itself. Precisely at this historical moment, when multicultural democracy is the order of the day, photography can be used as a powerful weapon toward instituting political and cultural change. I for one will continue to work toward this end.
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He sought a way to preserve the past. John Hershel was one of the founders of a new form of time travel.... a means to capture light and memories. He actually coined a word for it... photography. When you think about it, photography is a form of time travel. This man is staring at us from across the centuries, a ghost preserved by light. Carl Sagan
photography book friendly
The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. Antonia Fraser
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Apart from photography and music videos, I also do graphic design. Anton Corbijn
photography simple balance
The really simple approach to photography is a great balance to making the films.
photography thinking two
I don't think I treat my film work as an extension of my photography. There are two different sets of rules there.
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My photography is very European. In America, I always get the sense that people are comforted by understanding what they're looking at. Photography's quite clear here [in the U.S.], it's very well-explained. My photography's perhaps not as well-explained.
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In a lot of scientists, the ratio of wonder to skepticism declines in time. That may be connected with the fact that in some fields-mathematics, physics, some others-the great discoveries are almost entirely made by youngsters.
discovery innovation age
We have entered, almost without noticing, an age of exploration and discovery unparalleled since the Renaissance.
discovery people important
There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person. Bill Bryson
discovery people paper
Whenever I found something remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people be informed thereof. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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The solution of the difficulties which formerly surrounded the mathematical infinite is probably the greatest achievement of which our age has to boast. Bertrand Russell
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I have spent many years working in education and media, from hosting documentaries to being a spokesperson for Discovery Education to revolutionizing youth environmental service through my non-profit, EarthEcho International. Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
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I think, just by the discovery and where the remains were found tends to, I think ... exonerate Gary, Mark Geragos
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I'm impressed with the innovation of the students. They seem to always impress me with their understanding of scientific principles. There is a general love of science and discovery here. Kurt Adams
discovery awakening events
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I love acting, and I have no desire to direct. Gina Bellman
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I like to make music because it's fun to do and it makes me feel good, but I have no desire to be a huge pop singer or anything like that. I just like to make it. Zoe Kravitz
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We have a spirit of working together, and we have a passion for cars. And we also have a great desire to see the Ford name in the forefront of world transportation.
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Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
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I'm a feminist. I want to fight, but I don't see many people with this desire to fight for something. Women don't help each other, especially in fashion. Donatella Versace
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Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. Dennis Ross
desire love-and-friendship satisfaction
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. C. S. Lewis
desire excess youth
I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it. Bernard Berenson
desire special want
We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One. Ashton Kutcher