I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
ANSEL ADAMSOnce destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
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It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
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Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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Some photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.
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A photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
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I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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