photography – quote
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
~Dorothea Lange
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read this beautiful interview with the inventor of digital camera. lots of insights from the man who invented it…
http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/aug/07kodak.htm
“Innovation best comes from people who know nothing about the topic” – what a great line RK! Or if its too late and one already knows a great deal then that quote could have an extension like “who know nothing about the topic or who can discard all that they know!” 🙂 Thanks for the link, makes good reading.
a great line indeed, which is applicable to anything! 🙂