I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
ANSEL ADAMSDodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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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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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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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 quality of place, the reaction to immediate contact with earth and growing things that have a fugal relationship with mountains and sky, is essential to the integrity of our existence on this planet.
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Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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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 knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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