Saturday, August 31, 2024
A book is a major investment for a serious writer, and the wrong choice of a theme or plot, particularly at the beginning, not only wastes his time and dampens his enthusiasm, but also casts a blight on his still tender reputation.
— Gerald Clarke, Capote
Friday, August 30, 2024
He planned to become the grand old man of American letters, the American Somerset Maugham. He wanted to write popular books, make lots of money, and have a house on the Riviera, just as Maugham did. He always used to say, 'Longevity's the answer. If you live long enough, everything will turn your way.'
— Truman Capote on Gore Vidal via Gerald Clarke, Capote
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Right now, everything is in play. But by and large, criticism doesn't exist. Right now criticism is temporarily suspended.
— @jerrysaltz
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
And while I can think, while I can talk
While I can stand, while I can walk
— Elvis Presley, "If I Can Dream - Live from the '68 Comeback Special," Elvis Presley The 50 Greatest Hits
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Dear universe.
I would love to become a full-time professor at an institution.
— Begining of a note Laurel Schwulst posted on Instagram stories
Monday, August 26, 2024
One of the perils of being associated (by others) with a movement—in this case the so-called Pictures Generation—is that work itself becomes the illustration of a putative thesis and thus loses its particularity. Individual pieces don’t need to be looked at because their concept precedes and dominates them. Rough edges get lopped off or ignored, weirdness gets normalized, and obsessions subordinated to a larger program. What a cruel fate: art historical mummification while still alive. And yet, let’s be candid, aren’t there many artists repeating themselves? This is especially true in photography, where a strategy can be mistaken for a point of view. Do we really need to see what comes next? I can’t help thinking of Titorelli’s paintings in Kafka’s The Trial, a single image is repeated over and over. If you have seen one you have seen them all.
— Lyle Rexer, "James Casebere: Seeds of Time," The Brooklyn Rail
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Mr. Vance said he is “not a big Latin Mass guy,” though he really liked the stability of a church that was “just really old,” standing against the flux of the modern world.
— Elizabeth Dias, "How JD Vance Found His Way to the Catholic Church," The New York Times
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Reminds me of me.
— Lily after saying "well well well, you always get your way" to Wally
Friday, August 23, 2024
Train I ride, 16 coaches long
Train I ride, 16 coaches long
— Elvis Presley, "Mystery Train"
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Ai shit gettin too real
— @lack_of_o2 comment on @mangobizarre "GRANNYFEST 2024 this weekend. Must be 60+ to sign up and in good health. Supply u own mobilty scooter." caption to "Weaber Valley Speedway" images
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Well, the years start coming
And they don't stop coming
— Smash Mouth, "All Star"
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
in 2011, programmer and artist Kyle McDonald created a program that took photos on Apple Store computer webcams routinely and sent them to his server, he would take these photos and post them on a Tumblr page called "People Staring at Computers"
Apple employees eventually discovered this program running on over 1000 Apple Store computers, and in response, the Secret Service raided McDonald's Brooklyn apartment and forcing the deletion of the Tumblr page.
— @welcome.jpeg
Monday, August 19, 2024
I mean, there’s some small amount of papyrus scrolls that were recovered that are thousands of years old, because they were deep inside a pyramid and weren’t affected by moisture. But other than that, it’s really got to be in a clay tablet or chiseled. So, the vast majority of stuff was not chiseled because it takes a while to chisel things.
— Elon Musk, "Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #438"
Sunday, August 18, 2024
THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME
— Printed title on blue binder that @soulellis's Uncle Darrell is holding up in a photo, via @soulellis
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Photography's documentary legacy also raises ethical dilemmas for any practitioner. By purveying a seemingly direct vision of truth, the photographer invades dangerously on a subjects privacy. A sketch artist sitting next to Walker Evans on the subway would not have suffered the same anxieties over legal retribution. Unlike painters, photographers are required to obtain releases.
— Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus
Friday, August 16, 2024
Nancy made an impression [a rubbing] of Diane's small hand on a piece of paper. The pangs of the process and residual proof when it was over seemed to lift Diane's mood. She had felt something and she left behind some physical evidence that she existed.
— Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus
Thursday, August 15, 2024
A forgotten archive of reversals stands behind the vast majority of images and texts produced in modern history.
— Jennifer L. Roberts, "Jennifer L. Roberts on Printmaking"
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
She was also aware that her project was singular. She didn't want to air it until she thought it was complete. "I always thought that I'd wait until I'm ninety to have a show or write a book, because I figured that I was good for only one shot, and I wanted to wait until I had it all done" she said.
— Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Statue of Joseph Mikulec, depicted holding his autograph album on his shoulder, and Viktor Šimunić, mayor of Oroslavje, Croatia. The original album featured here and in all the news reports is for sale at Raab.
— Image caption, raabcollection.com, "This Discovery Has Inspired a Country"
Monday, August 12, 2024
BIG X,
little X,
what begins
with X?
— Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!
