Art is life seen through man's inner craving for perfection and beauty-- his escape from the sordid realities of life into a world of his imagining. Art accounts for at least a third of our civilization, and it is one of the artist's principal duties to do more than merely record life or nature. To the artist is given the privilege of pointing the way and inspiring towards a better life.
[A photograph] should do something to the beholder; either give a more complete appreciation of beauty, or, if nothing else, even a good mental kick … - Paul Outerbridge
[A photograph] should do something to the beholder; either give a more complete appreciation of beauty, or, if nothing else, even a good mental kick …
- Paul Outerbridge
In black and white you suggest, in color you state. - Paul Outerbridge
In black and white you suggest, in color you state.
Now, whereas we do not find it hard to accept the beauty of a flower for itself alone, in present-day, mechanical-industrial civilization, people wil… - Paul Outerbridge
Now, whereas we do not find it hard to accept the beauty of a flower for itself alone, in present-day, mechanical-industrial civilization, people wil…
The business of the state trying to legislate modesty is relatively both an infantile and ridiculous procedure. Of course, it is true that the more t… - Paul Outerbridge
The business of the state trying to legislate modesty is relatively both an infantile and ridiculous procedure. Of course, it is true that the more t…
Art is life seen through man's inner craving for perfection and beauty-- his escape from the sordid realities of life into a world of his imagining.… - Paul Outerbridge
Art is life seen through man's inner craving for perfection and beauty-- his escape from the sordid realities of life into a world of his imagining.…
I had a growing feeling that most of the best art of the world in painting and sculpture had been done, and that this newest form [photography] was m… - Paul Outerbridge
I had a growing feeling that most of the best art of the world in painting and sculpture had been done, and that this newest form [photography] was m…
Nudity is a state of fact; lewdity, to coin a phrase, is a state of mind - Paul Outerbridge
Nudity is a state of fact; lewdity, to coin a phrase, is a state of mind
If exposure of a nude body is thought to incite relations between the sexes, well, what of it. We want a large population anyway. - Paul Outerbridge
If exposure of a nude body is thought to incite relations between the sexes, well, what of it. We want a large population anyway.
One very important difference between color and monochromatic photography is this: in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be im… - Paul Outerbridge
One very important difference between color and monochromatic photography is this: in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be im…
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