In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
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.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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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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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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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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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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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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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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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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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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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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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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