Learn! Think! Create!

Screenwriters never really get the respect they deserve. Olson relates an anecdote about Picasso, who was approached by a guy at a party and asks Picasso to draw on a napkin and he’ll pay him. Picasso does it, hands the drawing to the man and asks for a million dollars. “What, but it took you thirty seconds to do that!” Picasso shrugs, “Well, it took me fifty years to learn to do that in thirty seconds.”

Or told a little differently:

Upon entering a restaurant, Picasso was greeted by the owner himself, who offered him free meal in exchange for a drawing. Picasso made the owner a quick sketch on a napkin, which thrilled him. At the end of the meal the owner noticed that the sketch was not signed, so he asked Picasso for his signature. To which Picasso answered: “Dear man, if I signed that drawing it’s not a meal you would have to offer me but your entire restaurant.”

Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner.

– Author Unknown

Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn’t make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.

– Ernst Haas

Most working professionals don’t dwell on gear. What’s funny (a lot of times not) is that hobbyist spend more time focusing on gear and talking about it, than becoming a better photographer. The thing is hobbyist have day jobs and having the latest equipment is more of a fun luxury rather than a cost of doing business.

Most professionals are too busy on assignment to keep up on the latest and greatest in the market. Most pro’s can take good photos with pretty much anything. So just a quick word of advice, pro’s hate talking gear with hobbyist, or any one for that matter. Odds are, you know more than they do.

– Micah Albert

Wie kommen Gesellschaften, die nicht mehr zukunftsfähig sind, wieder dahin, zukunftsfähig zu sein?

Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer, See Conference #6, April 2011