It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
ANSEL ADAMSImpression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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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 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 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.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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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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With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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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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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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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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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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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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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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Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
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