secret of the universe, moments in time (23 December 2016)

Alexander Rodchenko, Concentration of Colour, 1918

I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.

- Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

Lorna Napanangka

Alexander Rodchenko, Shukhov Transmission Tower, 1919


Damn it, nobody knows what is beautiful and what is not. They do not understand new things.

- Alexander Rodchenko

Alexander Rodchenko, On the telephone, 1928

Don’t try to capture a man in one synthetic portrait, but rather in lots of snapshots taken at different times and in different circumstances.

- Alexander Rodchenko

Lindsay Bottos, selfies on tumblr captioned with trolling messages, 2014

Only the camera seems to be really capable of describing modern life.

- Alexander Rodchenko

Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait with bottle (Portrait au flacon), 1930

"When you feel homesick," he said, "just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go."

- Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch