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What I’m interested in is not symbols, but images.
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The speaker draws a clear distinction between symbols and images. They are interested in images themselves—their visible form or presence—rather than in treating them as signs that stand for another idea. The emphasis is on direct visual experience, not symbolic interpretation.
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