The World Began Without Man, And It

Our Students Wanted To Know Everything: But Only The Newest Theory Seemed To Them Worth Bothering With. Knowing Nothing Of The Intellectual Achievements Of The Past, They Kept Fresh And Intact Their Enthusiasm For 'the Latest Thing'. Fashion Dominated Their Interest: They Valued Ideas Not For Themselves But For The Prestige That They Could Wring From Them.

For Everything Is History: What Was Said Yesterday Is History, What Was Said A Minute Ago Is History. But, Above All, One Is Led To Misjudge The Present, Because Only The Study Of Historical Development Permits The Weighing And Evaluation Of The Interrelationships Among The Components Of The Present-day Society.

I Hate Travelling And Explorers

There Is Today A Frightful Disappearance Of Living Species, Be They Plants Or Animals. And It's Clear That The Density Of Human Beings Has Become So Great, If I Can Say So, That They Have Begun To Poison Themselves. And The World In Which I Am Finishing My Existence Is No Longer A World That I Like.

[photography] Remains Servile To A Thoughtless Vision Of The World... As The Term Snapshot Suggests, Photography Seizes The Moment And Exhibits It.