Gimmicks – Quotes

Theory and knowledge remain

Theory and knowledge remain suspect, not because of inherent worthlessness, but because of their historic isolation from action. Without theoretical orientation, however, action is vulnerable to oversimplified and glib imitativeness-even mimicry-and to the use of the gimmick. Erving Polster

There is this tendency

There is this tendency to think that if you could only find the magic way, then you could become a poet. Tell me how to become a poet. Tell me what to do. . . . What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things, … Read more

I like to think

I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don’t look for anything in particular. I come from a philosophy that believes you shouldn’t have preconceived notions – that you don’t need a gimmick. That you should just photograph what you react to – what you see. Elliott Erwitt

Being up on something

Being up on something is a way of dismissing it. To espouse any point of view is a danger – it might leave us stuck with last year’s cause. Prized for their novelty alone, ideas, gimmicks, trends become equivalent, interchangeable. Edmund White

I think of the

I think of the medium as a people-to-people medium, not cameraman-to-people, not direction-to-people, not writers-to-people, but people-to-peopleYou can only involve an audience with people. You can’t involve them with gimmicks, with sunsets, with hand-held cameras, zoom shots, or anything else. They couldn’t care less about those things. But you give them something to worry about, … Read more

Theory and knowledge remain

There is this tendency

I like to think

Being up on something

I think of the

Design must be functional

If you are going

There is nothing to

I don’t really have

I didnt get arrested