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Marcel ProustPhotography is the product of complete alienation.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Marlen DietrichI have been photographed to death.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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William MaxwellLove, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

Erica JongPhotographs are the most curious indicators of reality.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Susan SontagTo photograph is to confer importance.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Susan SontagThe painter constructs, the photographer discloses.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Susan SontagIn America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Susan SontagThe camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Funny Quotes

Mitch HedbergOne time, a guy handed me a picture and said, “Here’s a picture of me when I was younger.” Every picture of you is when you were younger.

—  Mitch Hedberg, 1968-2005, American comedian

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Rodney DangerfieldI’m so ugly - my father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet.

—  Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian

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Steven WrightEveryone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.

—  Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian

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Phyllis DillerMy photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Proverbs

American proverbA picture is worth a thousand words.

—  American proverb

     (first appeared in 1921, in an article by Fred R. Barnard in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink)

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Movie Quotes

Animal Crackers (1930)We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren’t developed… But we're going back again in a couple of weeks.

—  from the film Animal Crackers (1930)

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