Patrick Demarchelier Quotes

I think technology gives the illusion that you are connecting with people, social media particularly.

Social media is great because you can get information out there quick or you can use it as a ministry tool, but when you're on it all the time and you're not spending time with people and you're not sitting there looking at someone in the eyes and asking, "How are you doing?" that's when it's out of balance.

Zuckerberg wants to take us back to the dorm room where we all know each other. I don't want to, I want to go to the city.

The interesting thing about the Internet is that it has created a kind of alternative circle of friends for people.

People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people - and that social norm is just something that has evolved over time.

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.

I am still fairly new to the whole social media thing - I am definitely tweeting and Facebooking. It's a nice way to connect with fans.

The digitally native generation has no idea what has been lost to the freedom of intimacy that has no fear of being recorded.

I particularly like Facebook because it straddles the gap between seeing people and not seeing them.

This younger generation that's around, that's tweeting, Facebooking and Vine-ing, the fans appreciate that because they feel like they can get to you.

The world cannot live on 140 characters alone.

Social media gives one a family to share one's life with.

Social media companies are a gold rush today, and time will tell if they survive. I have no use for them and can't see why people waste time on them. I much prefer physical meeting with true friends, so have never used the service.

I think there are pros and cons to social networking, but on a social, personal level, it's just not for me.

Technology is changing the way we interact as humans.

E-mail is a whole new way of being friends with people: intimate but not, chatty but not, communicative but not; in short, friends but not. What a breakthrough. How did we ever live without it? I have more to say on this subject, but I have to answer an instant message from someone I almost know.

My kids are really good with social media; that's really an important dynamic in our relationship with our audience, and it's a great way to connect.

I first started using social media when I was 12 or something - not publicly; I had private accounts.

I've been on social media for quite a long time, maybe because I've been sending out nutrition information.

In the digital age, there is a new rule book for romance.

Especially today, with the Internet, you have people who have best friends that they never met, with Facebook and Twitter and stuff. If you're really friends, it doesn't matter if I'm on the other side of the world. We'll still be friends and find a way to connect.

Between Twitter and Facebook I have nearly 70,000 followers, so my colleagues receive the responses. They show some of them to me, and I am always interested to read what people have to say. I filter all the information that reaches me, from letters in the newspaper, to conversations. There are many influences that shape my decisions, and often people on Twitter are thinking along the same lines as I do on an issue.

Having a Facebook and Twitter profile allows me to keep more in touch with people, particularly young South Africans and those who are part of the online community. I was amazed that anyone might be interested in what I do and who I meet. Now I know what people will be interested in.

It is surprising that people are snapping photos and stuff and then putting them on the internet. For me, it is like, "Why would you want to do that?" It would be like knowing what your Christmas presents were before Christmas morning.

We're in a hyper-connected world, and there's a crisis of connection. The first thing that God says about woman and man in the Bible is that it's not right for humans to be alone. Social media interaction cannot take the place of face-to-face interaction. If anything, it prevents us from doing that. We're staring into our screens for so long that we're forgetting to look at the people directly in front of us.