Gertrude Diamant quotes
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“For order represents our fear and nervousness. We create ordered interiors as a protest over the passing of things, to define our mortal lives against the void of time.”
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“it is my belief that one should learn patience in a foreign land, for I take it that this is the true measure of travel. If one does not suffer some frustration of the ordinary reflexes, how can one be sure one is really traveling?”
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“I like weather better than climate. The dry season is a gold vacuum; but the rainy season has change, which is weather. And while climate may create a race, weather creates the temper and sensibility of the individual.”
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“... the first step in understanding a people is to know the extent of their mortality, the things from which they suffer and die.”
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Source : Aaron Siskind, Henry Holmes Smith, Thomas B. Hess (1965). “Aaron Siskind, photographer”
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“In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.”
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Source : Athol Fugard (2009). “Tsotsi”, p.38, Canongate Books
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“You can't get to wonderful without passing through alright.”