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.
ANSEL ADAMSPhotography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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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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No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
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It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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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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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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It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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