Small: Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another
"Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another"
Emma Goldman, Activist
Small: Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth for the worst lies are often conveyed by
"Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life
"The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in
"If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: Ive been asked a great deal about the influence Ive had with my work and its impossible to say, you know
Ben Shahn
"I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved ideologically in photography - that I a
Ben Shahn
"I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved ideologically in photography - that I arranged an exhibition at the College Art Association. The first exhibition I picked the photographs and so on and we had an exhibition in New York"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I felt very strongly about the
Ben Shahn
"I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I felt very strongly about the efforts that this Resettlement Administration was trying to accomplish; resettling people, helping them, and so on"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: Some time ago, we went to Asia and took a camera along, and I began to do what Id done even years ago doing pe
Ben Shahn
"Some time ago, we went to Asia and took a camera along, and I began to do what I'd done even years ago doing people. I couldn't get interested in it. And I did hundreds of photographs of details of the monuments as sculpture"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I real
Ben Shahn
"Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: What is wealth? A dream of fools
"What is wealth? A dream of fools"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter
"What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: The dearest days in ones life are those that seem very far and very near at once
"The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: Only the other world has substance and reality only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth
"Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting
"If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: I was a great dreamer of day dreams
"I was a great dreamer of day dreams"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap holiness was something burning,
"God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger
"Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be
"Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart
"Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: If a man is tongue-tied, dont laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken
"If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: You must never tire fighting Satan
"You must never tire fighting Satan"
Abraham Cahan, Author
Small: I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sens
Ben Shahn
"I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their own sake or a still life or anything like that"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I didnt care where my works were published
Ben Shahn
"I didn't care where my works were published"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: Whatever I get involved in, Im totally involved, you see
Ben Shahn
"Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: Its a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after Ive been the
Ben Shahn
"It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills
Ben Shahn
"I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, wh
Ben Shahn
"I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: So, I was offered this job to come down there but first it was suggested that I take a trip around the country
Ben Shahn
"So, I was offered this job to come down there but first it was suggested that I take a trip around the country in the areas in which we worked to see what it's all about, and I tell you that was a revelation to me"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision
Ben Shahn
"Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited
Ben Shahn
"Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: In 38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting bef
Ben Shahn
"In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting before, to cover what he called Harvest in Ohio"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I still love to look at photographs but I couldnt do it myself anymore
Ben Shahn
"I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate
Ben Shahn
"I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: When a man returned from the field and wed look at the work, wed criticize each other very genuinely and never
Ben Shahn
"When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: Its pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material
Ben Shahn
"It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is some
Ben Shahn
"An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this little trick was.
Ben Shahn
"I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this little trick was. He felt very much part of it and had me take pictures of people unbeknownst to them"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography
Ben Shahn
"I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: When you talk about war on poverty it doesnt mean very much but if you can show to some degree this sort of th
Ben Shahn
"When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort of thing then you can show a great deal more of how people are living and a very great percentage of our people today"
Ben Shahn, Artist
Small: The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didnt have a penny. It was in the middle of the depres
Ben Shahn
"The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time"
Ben Shahn, Artist