Confirmation Message

Famous quotes containing the words confirmation and/or message:

“Whenever reality reinforces a child’s fantasied dangers, the child will have more difficulty in overcoming them...So, while parents may not regard a spanking as a physical attack or an assault on a child’s body, the child may regard it as such, and experience it as a confirmation of his fears that grown-ups under certain circumstances can really hurt you.”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)

“The photographic image ... is a message without a code.”
—Roland Barthes (1915–1980)