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.
ANSEL ADAMSThe artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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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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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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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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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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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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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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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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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Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children…let us turn to them and say, this you inherit: guard it well, for it is far more precious than money…and once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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