I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
ANSEL ADAMS
ANSEL ADAMS
Ansel Adams on art
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams 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.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams No 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.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams 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.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams 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 AdamsAnsel Adams Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams 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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