Quotations

"In my years of photography I have learned that many things can be sensed, seen, shaped or resolved in a realm of quiet, well in advance of, or between, the actual clicking of shutters and the sloshing of films and papers in chemical solutions. I work to attain “a state of heart”, a gentle space offering inspirational substance that could purify one’s vision. Photography, like music, must be born in the unmanifest world of spirit."

— Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born, 1932

"It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are."

— Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born 1932

"At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense of random and often unrelated details. For me, photography provides an intersection of time, space, light, and emotional stance. One needs to be still enough, observant enough, and aware enough to recognize the life of the materials, to be able to 'hear through the eyes'."

— Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born 1932

"We always point the lens both outward and inward."

— Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born 1932

"Keep alive the fact that a mystery has come into existence and that a physical being serves as a house for this mystery."

— Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born 1932

"The only way a work of art can become great is for one to acknowledge that it doesn't belong to anybody. The greatness is in constantly giving back, coming to an acknowledgment of the source."

— Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born 1932

"I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil."

— Truman Capote, American author, born 1924

"A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet."

— Truman Capote, American author, born 1924

"Some people sleep until morning. Others know they have to bring the morning."

— Shlomo Carlebach, American rabbi, born 1925

"There are three kinds of friends in the world. An ordinary person sees only who you are; for that you don't need a friend. Then there's a friend who sees in you what you can be. And then there's the real holy Friend, and the presence of this Friend you are already."

— Shlomo Carlebach, American rabbi, born 1925

"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."

— George Carlin, American comedian, born 1937

"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that."

— George Carlin, American comedian, born 1937

"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."

— George Carlin, American comedian, born 1937

"I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood."

— George Carlin, American comedian, born 1937