"(...)the photographic industry became the refuge of all failed painters with too little talent, or too lazy to complete their studies, this universal craze not only assumed the air of blind and imbecile infactuation, but took on the aspect of revenge".
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"If photography is allowed to deputize for art in some of art's activities, it will not be long before it has supplanted or corrupted art altogether, thanks to the stupidity of the masses, its natual ally".
in BAUDELAIRE, Charles; [1859] "The Modern Public and Photography"
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