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.
ANSEL ADAMSYou don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
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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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.
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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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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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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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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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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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