Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Early in his childhood in Deep Gap, Watson was struck by an illness that restricted the blood flow to his eyes, resulting in his blindness at an early age. As a child, he was surrounded by music and was given a new harmonica every Christmas.
— About Doc Watson on Spotify
Monday, August 5, 2024
A DRAWING THAT LOOKS LIKE LANGUAGE
— @zakjensen
Sunday, August 4, 2024
"I think it's a secret probably for everybody's pictures, that your own pictures mean more to you than they mean to anybody else." She said... A viewer standing in front of the photograph would have his own relationship with it, imbibing some of its mysteries, but for him it could only be an evocation, not a souvenir.
— Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus
Saturday, August 3, 2024
THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HANGING IS ONE OF HISTORY'S UNCERTAINTIES. OTHER PLACES HAVE BEEN CITED, BUT A BRITISH OFFICER'S DIARY INDICATES THE ROYAL ARTILLERY PARK NEAR THE DOVE TAVERN ON THE OLD POST ROAD, NOW THIRD AVENUE WHERE IT INTERSECTS 66TH STREET.
— Plaque about Nathan Hale on 1110 3rd Ave
Friday, August 2, 2024
The meaning of the work is not embedded in the object, but in the relationship between object and collector. As a collector, I do not display things that I don't like, but liking is connected to my self-image and how I wish to display myself to others through my possessions. Part of the value of these works is linked to the characteristics of the artists and the stories that the objects call forth. The works are authentic because of the biographical contours of their creators—life stories of diference that infuse the content of the work.
— Gary Alan Fine, Everyday Genius: Self-Taught Art and the Culture of Authenticity
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Arbus was good at personalized presents too, but Israel's, in addition to affirming the intimacy of friendship, implied a comprehension that bordered on partnership. It was a form of inspired matchmaking, the pairing up of an artist with a sympathetic predecessor, and it contributed to his charismatic pull in which he made the beneficiary of his attention feel truly understood.
— Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
She kept saying to me "the more specific you are, the more general it'll be."
— Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
At this stage of her career she was figuring out her subject matter, a choice that is more important for a photographer than for any other kind of artist.
— Arthur Lubow, Diane Arbus
Monday, July 29, 2024
A puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king.
— Frank Sinatra, "That's Life"
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Once again, the artist can't help himself, insinuating his own life story to such an extent that it obfuscates the work.
— Philip Gefter, What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon
Saturday, July 27, 2024
I dunno his business.
— Lily when I asked if the dog across the street was licking a woman's toes.
Friday, July 26, 2024
"Atget represented to John the very best of photography for many reasons, not least of which is that Atget seemingly saw a purpose for his work that had nothing to do with creating art, but rather, a moral purpose," said Susan Kismaric, who worked with Szarkowski.
— Philip Gefter, What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Is he too young to have coins?
— Edmund
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
The Case for Being Unburdened by What Has Been
— @nymag
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Is that me? I thought that was me.
— Oscar pointing to Wally
Monday, July 22, 2024
Would have done anything to be in the meeting where they brainstormed what emoji reaction Jill Biden should post in response to her husband dropping out of the presidential race.
— @svershbow via @mashable
Sunday, July 21, 2024
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, naturalists, interpreting the Jonah story as a historical account, became obsessed with trying to identify the exact species of the fish that swallowed Jonah.
— Wikipedia, "Jonah"
Saturday, July 20, 2024
We could feed them to Wally in a day and he would gain so much weight.
— Lily on all the quarters in the bag in the trunk of the car
Friday, July 19, 2024
They are 911!
— Nice estate sale man who was half of a duo liquidating Miniature Occasions and Dolls showing us a video of himself messing with a scam caller by pretending that he had gone and withdrawn the cash they requested but now the cops were chasing and confronting him
Thursday, July 18, 2024
How fragile is his pinky toe?
— Isaac
