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 ADAMSNo 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 ADAMSThe best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
ANSEL ADAMSPhotograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
ANSEL ADAMSTo photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
ANSEL ADAMSThe camera cannot, but the photographer can.
ANSEL ADAMSThe 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 ADAMSWe make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
ANSEL ADAMSNot everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
ANSEL ADAMSOne of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
ANSEL ADAMSIt is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
ANSEL ADAMSThere is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
ANSEL ADAMSI 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.
ANSEL ADAMSA true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
ANSEL ADAMSIn wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
ANSEL ADAMSSometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
ANSEL ADAMSWhen words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
ANSEL ADAMS