The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
ANSEL ADAMSIt is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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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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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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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.
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The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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