“If only the desire to see could be as strong as the desire to unsee. ”
Lars von Trier (1956) Danish film director and screenwriter
“The desire to see for the sake of seeing is with most people the only desire to be gratified; hence the delight in detail.”
Source: Practical Pictorial Photography, 1898, Methods - The practical application of means to end, p. 27
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