It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
ANSEL ADAMSImpression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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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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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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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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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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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
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Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children…let us turn to them and say, this you inherit: guard it well, for it is far more precious than money…and once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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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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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
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