Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away.
There is nothing wrong with photography, if you don't mind the perspective of a paralysed Cyclops.
In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.
I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
Movie actors disappear - any young person wouldn't know Cary Grant. They're going to disappear. Fifty years ago, you thought film was here to stay. But nothing is here to stay, actually - except perhaps paintings and drawings.