All Quotes

"Perhaps one day the history of photography will be told through selfies. But the great problem will be processing a quantity of images absolutely beyond human capacity to understand. There are trillions of photographs. It is a terrible thing, which frightens us enormously. But the work continues."

"It is necessary to take into account the politics of your time, the eternal struggle against intolerance, in favor of human rights and of less inequality between rich and poor countries. In this whole context, art and photography are very powerful platforms of resistance."

"I have specialized in collecting contemporary photographs. If the photography has quality and reflects the photographer's involvement with their work, that is what counts for me."

"Photography for me is a form of communication with the world, of participation in the contemporary cultural process and of contribution to the Brazilian visual archive. My work as a photographer has been related to my affective and family experience […] and to living in cities where I resided, such as Brasília […]. My work as a collector made me discover the richness of current Brazilian photographic production and how revealing it is of individual expressions and of the cultural diversity of the country."

"When I arrived, the city looked more like an architectural model than a real city. The avenues seemed very wide, because there were not many trees, the buildings were new, all white, that enormous sky — it was a very large spatial dimension. Later I realized that work had to be preserved; there were historical images, as I had photographed the manual laborers who raised the monumental buildings of Brasília."

"The image/word relationship will always exist, but I would like to see more essays, more photography books, in which generally you could think, look and let yourself be carried by the images without reading anything, until reaching your own conclusions."

"I am glad to have brought together such a varied collection from so many photographers. […] Now it is a boom, right?"

"With the diaries, I am in tune with my lifetime."

"Obsession? Without a doubt! Artists and collectors are obsessive. It is a somewhat pathological thing. For a long time I have been saying I will stop collecting, but I have not managed to yet!"

"The image becomes the truth, it largely takes the place of the word; the photobook gives the artist an even greater freedom of creation."

"The most rewarding part is the feeling I get when I am performing on stage. Yes, before I go on stage I get nervous, but when I'm on stage it's the most magical, surreal feeling."

"Janet Gaynor - Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester"

"Fredric March - Norman Maine"

"Adolphe Menjou - Oliver Niles"

"May Robson - Grandmother Lettie Blodgett"

"There are a couple of rats I raised from mice."

"That's a charming match. A nice girl like Vicki and Public Nuisance Number One."

"Casey Burke: His work is beginning to interfere with his drinking."

"Danny McGuire: The program tonight's gonna be swell. Take this fella Beethoven: I'm a pushover for him. And Chopin - well, he's not so dusty, either."

"Is the price of stardom a broken heart?"

"Fate raised her to fame - and killed the man she loved!"

"Some day you won't laugh at me! I'm going out and have a real life! I'm gonna be somebody!"

"[last lines] Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."

"Do you mind if I take just one more look?"

"I don't want to sound immodest, but I think I've stripped a gear."

"[When Esther is accepting her Academy Award] I won one of those once - They don't mean a thing! What I want is a special award for the worst performance of the year. Lord knows I earned it!"

"[to Esther] All the experts seem to think that your type is a little mild for present day's taste. But I'd rather believe that tastes change, like eyebrows. And I think that also like eyebrows, tastes are going back to the natural."

"Now, I'm going to turn you over to our demon press agent, Libby. Don't let him frighten you. He has a heart of gold... only harder."

"If you've got one drop of my blood in your veins, you won't let Mattie or any of her kind break your heart, you'll go right out there and break it yourself."

"Tragedy is a test of courage. If you can meet it bravely, it will leave you bigger than it found you. If not than you will have to live all your life as a coward, because no matter where you may run you can never run away from yourself."

"[to the radio audience] It took me more than 70... more than 60 years to get here, and here I mean to stay!"

"For every dream of yours you make come true, you'll pay the price in heartbreak."

"Andy Devine - Daniel "Danny" McGuire"

"Lionel Stander - Matt Libby"

"Owen Moore - Casey Burke"

"Peggy Wood - Miss Phillips"

"Elizabeth Jenns - Anita Regis"

"Edgar Kennedy - Pop Randall"

"J. C. Nugent - Mr. Blodgett"

"Guinn "Big Boy" Williams - posture coach"

"Like every girl in the business, I'm more than just a porn star. I am a fun, loving, normal chick who likes to have fun, likes to live her life, and I don't want the world to burn."

"There will always be those haters everywhere you go, so I learned a while ago to appreciate the positive and ignore the negative."

"whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for @EroticaXNews, you're shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know. BS is all I can say🤷🏽♀️ Do agents really not care about who they're representing? #ladirect I do my homework for my body🤓✏️🔍"

"Some days I'll be fine and if I'm not doing anything I'll get these awful flashbacks of my childhood and I get very depressed and I can't get out of bed and cancel my scenes for like a week or two."

"[to Tyke] Son, now you know why dogs hate cats."

"What's the matter with that crazy cat? He'd better not spoil our barbecue."

"William Hanna as Tom (uncredited)"

"Daws Butler as Spike and Tyke (uncredited)"

"Well, remember me sometimes. I shall always remember you. "Haec olim meminisse iuvabit." I need not translate it for you."

"[dying words] I thought I heard you saying it was a pity... pity I never had any children. But you're wrong. I have. Thousands of them. Thousands of them... and all boys."