The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Quotes

“Love is not like choosing a partner for whist. It has a life of its own. our duty is merely to follow its call.”
― Dominic Smith, The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre

“[Louis] knew on some level that fame is not the story we tell; it is the story the world tells us. And the world was telling Louis it wanted to see itself reflected in gouache and charcoal of painted calico; that the human eye longed to trust the illusion of likeness. Render perfectly a meadow at dusk, a horizon at dawn, and people will love you for it. For giving them something they didn't know they already had.”
― Dominic Smith, The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre