The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
ANSEL ADAMSIt is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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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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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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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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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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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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I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
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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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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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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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A photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
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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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With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
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