“I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for truth my obsession”
Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) American photographer
From Adams to Stieglitz' (1990)
Source: 'Alfred Stieglitz' Photo notes, August 1946, p. 65
“though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
— Donna Tartt, book The Secret History
Source: The Secret History
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