Aleksandar Hemon Quotes

So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?" Uhh... perhaps in English. In Japanese a story would have an element of invention in it. We don't want any invention. We want the 'straight facts,' as you say in English." Isn't telling about something--using words, English or Japanese--already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has.

A belief may be larger than a fact.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.

All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.

You only find what you are looking for, really, if the truth be known.

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.

Don't confuse facts with reality.

Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty.

There is no standard for truth. We cannot even agree on the meaning of words.

There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth.

Belief and seeing: They are both often wrong.

The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself.

There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.

You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.

Lots of people are unable to see all kinds of truths right in front of their eyes." "The world is what we make it, and our future is ours to shape.

The world you see is less of an indication about the world and more of an indication about your seeing.