Caterina Fake Quotes


If we are not given the chance to forget, we are also not given the chance to recover our memories, to alter them with time, perspective, and wisdom. Forgetting, we can be ourselves beyond what the past has told us we are; we can evolve. That is the possibility we want from the future.


Citations

Fake, Caterina. "Photography Changes Our Expectations." Photography Changes Everything, edited by Marvin Heiferman, Aperture Foundation and Smithsonian Institution, 2012.

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Caterina Fake
Caterina Fake
  • Born: June 13, 1969
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Entrepreneur, Businesswoman

Caterina Fake is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman. She co-founded the websites Flickr in 2004 and Hunch in 2007. Fake has been a trustee for nonprofit organizations and was the chairwoman of Etsy. For her role in creating Flickr, Fake was listed in Time magazine's Time 100, and she has been recognized within Silicon Valley for her work as an angel investor.