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The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

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In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

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In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul.

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Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

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The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

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I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I am an inexpensive guest. When one lives in another's home he can enter into the psychic kingdom of that person.

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It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

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I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

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There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

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The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation.

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Biography

Nationality: Polish

Type: Novelist

Born: June 18th, 1933

Died: May 3rd, 1991

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