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.
ANSEL ADAMSLet 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.
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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It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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You 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.
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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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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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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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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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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
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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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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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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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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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