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 ADAMSNo matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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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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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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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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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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With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
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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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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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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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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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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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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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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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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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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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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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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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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 comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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