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.
ANSEL ADAMSIt is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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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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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.
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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.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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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 hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.
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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.
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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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To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.
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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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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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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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