My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds.
Interpretation
We should cherish our loved spaces while also exploring beyond them.
Annie Leibovitz emphasizes the importance of valuing the familiar places we hold dear, such as our homes, communities, and memories, while also encouraging us to broaden our perspectives and discover new environments and experiences. This balance between nurturing our attachments and embracing the unknown fosters personal growth and a deeper appreciation of the world around us.
In practice
In a speech about environmental conservation, one might say this quote to highlight the importance of protecting cherished areas while expanding our horizons.
Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do.
I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and the subject wasn't just looking back at you.
I personally made a decision many years ago that I wanted to crawl into portraiture because it had a lot of latitude.
In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.
The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it.
A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments.
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first pale spark, While others only note that day is gone.
I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could.
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.
Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
I really, really enjoy fitting words together - but I only enjoy it when it's easy, when it sort of rolls along by itself. I never erase anything [and] I hardly ever write anything down... The song will be finished before I write it down... I won't write a song unless it serves me in some way, unless I feel I have to write the song to make myself feel better. If you're not overflowing with something, there's nothing to give.
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