#mage

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does. ↗

— John Berger

#any #belongs #does #drawing #however

In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted into one sole symbolic attitude, which our eye perceives, which art reproduces, and which becomes for everyone the image of a man who runs. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#attitude #becomes #contracted #everyone #eye

I needed to find my own worth and shake the image after having done 'Showgirls' at age 21. ↗

— Elizabeth Berkley

#age #done #find #having #i

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#body-image #diet-industry #eating-disorders #self-esteem #weight

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#damaged #emotions #mind #perfection #twisted

The art of appreciation begins with self appreciation. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#art

The noble man is only God's image. ↗

— Ludwig Tieck

#image #man #noble #only

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#i #i think #image #looks #obsessed

Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don't look at myself as a visual artist. I make music. ↗

— Bjork

#artist #chat #colors #comes #down

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#i #image #like #lot #misconceptions