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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 Adams

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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Beautiful Generosity Light Spirit
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 ADAMS

Destiny Fight Force Human Live Men Spirit
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Ability Photograph Possible Remember
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
ANSEL ADAMS

Elegant Silence Talk Yourself
The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
ANSEL ADAMS

Best Photograph Prosperity
Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
ANSEL ADAMS

Feeling Photograph Yourself
Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
ANSEL ADAMS

Photograph Poetry Reality
With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Experience Expression
Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
ANSEL ADAMS

Feeling Growth Potential Remember See Yourself
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Leaving Light Nature Quiet
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Ignorance Image Photograph Worst
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 ADAMS

Build Confidence Creation Emotion Encouragement Men Reveal Spirit
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
ANSEL ADAMS

Destiny Experience Myself Photograph
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
ANSEL ADAMS

Collection Myself Thinking
I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
ANSEL ADAMS

Beautiful Heart Love Myself Relationship Soul Spirit Stars World
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
ANSEL ADAMS

Camera Goodness Photograph Rule

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.

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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.

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