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 ADAMSNo man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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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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The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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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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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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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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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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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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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