"When you can't think of anything else, photograph graffiti, nudes, or plants."
"Photography is inextricably linked with life; the photographer is not invisibly behind the camera but projecting a life-attitude through the lens to create an interference pattern with the image. Who he is, what he believes, not only becomes important to know intellectually, but also becomes revealed emotionally and visibly through a body of work."
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Source: Bill Jensen (2003). “The Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways to Do Less and Accomplish More”, p.4, Basic Books
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