'Humans of New York' did not result from a flash on inspiration. It grew from five years of experimenting, tinkering, and messing up. Brandon Stanton More Quotes by Brandon Stanton More Quotes From Brandon Stanton There are so many people that use 'following your dreams' as an excuse to not work. When in reality, following your dreams, successfully, is nothing but work. Brandon Stanton dream work motivational So what I am always looking for is, I'm always looking for something that that person has told me that nobody else has told me. It is normally not an opinion, and it is normally not a philosophy. It's almost always a story. Because we all share similar philosophies, we all share similar opinions on a lot of different issues, but all of our stories are our own. Brandon Stanton issues different philosophy Don't wait for perfect. Don't wait for something to be fully formed in your head to start on it. Just start, and then work it out as you go. Brandon Stanton working-it waiting perfect Just work. Don't wait. Everybody's waiting until they have the perfect idea to start working. Even if you have an inkling of what you want to do, start moving towards it. And it's going to flesh itself out through the process of moving towards the goal. And by the time you get to where you're going to be, it's not going to look anything like it did when you sat on the couch thinking about it. And if you wait until it's perfect in your head before you get of the couch and start working on it, that's never going to happen. Brandon Stanton ideas moving thinking Just because you're an adult doesn't mean you're grown up. Growing up means being patient, holding your temper, cutting out the self-pity, and quitting with the righteous indignation.' Brandon Stanton growing-up cutting mean The camera adds a certain sheen to things. Something about being frozen in time really makes things sparkle. Brandon Stanton frozen-in-time cameras photography HONY is one of the only things keeping people from getting lost in the matrix. Brandon Stanton getting-lost lost people People always say be true to yourself. But that’s misleading, because there are two selves. There’s your short term self, and there’s your long term self. And if you’re only true to your short term self, your long term self slowly decays. Brandon Stanton self two long I get way too sensitive when I get attached to someone. I can detect the slightest change in the tone of their voice, and suddenly I’m spending all day trying to figure out what I did wrong. Brandon Stanton voice trying way It’s a good poem if I’m a different person when I’m finished reading it. Brandon Stanton different persons reading Main thing is just to remember that hard work got me here and only hard work will keep me here. Brandon Stanton hard-work photography photographer Recently we received an invitation that proved just that. Brandon Stanton invitations Jealousy. Depression. Love. They pretty much demonstrate the whole range of human emotion. Brandon Stanton range emotion humans In an age of iPhones and Playstations, it's great to see that somebody's still rocking the bus-on-a-string. Brandon Stanton strings iphone age The tragedy of their stories, learning what they experienced in Syria and Iraq, has been completely eye-opening to me, it is a story I want to be able to tell to my audience. Brandon Stanton politics I've watched you retweet racist images. I've watched you retweet racist lies. I've watched you take 48 hours to disavow white supremacy. I've watched you joyfully encourage violence, and promise to 'pay the legal fees' of those who commit violence on your behalf. Brandon Stanton politics I always say that my favorite people to interview are the people who are at the beginning and the ends of their lives because they have two alternate perspectives of the world, and neither of them are less profound. Brandon Stanton say beginning people world Each time I arrived in a new city, I'd get lost in the streets and photograph everything that looked interesting, taking nearly a thousand photographs every day. After each day of shooting, I'd select 30 or 40 of my favorite photographs and post them on Facebook. I named the albums after my first impression of each city. Brandon Stanton every-day city day time The most pivotal moments in people's lives revolve around emotions. Emotions make stories powerful. Brandon Stanton emotions powerful moments people Social media is a superimposing place where people are usually bragging. Brandon Stanton place social-media media people
