The author of genius does keep till his last breath the spontaneity, the ready sensitiveness, of a child, the 'innocence of eye' that means so much to the painter, the ability to respond freshly and quickly to new scenes, and to old scenes as though they were new; to see traits and characteristics as though each were new-minted from the hand of God instead of sorting them quickly into dusty categories and pigeon-holing them without wonder or surprise; to feel situations so immediately and keenly that the word 'trite' has hardly any meaning for him; and always to see 'the correspondences between things' of which Aristotle spoke two thousand years ago.
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. 'I reckon,' he asid, with a twinkle in his eye, 'It's because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
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One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.
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There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.
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The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized that there are different facets to their nature and are able to live and work with now one, now another, in the ascendant.
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The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. 'I reckon,' he asid, with a twinkle in his eye, 'It's because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.'
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To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.
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A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.
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Act as if it were impossible to fail.
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In a world where there is so much to be done. I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.
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Act as if were impossible to fail.
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