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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Ansel Adams

As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.
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Emotion Emotional Existence Lake Sea Spiritual World
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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Art Easy Photograph
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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Experience Exploration Life Photograph Time Wisdom
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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Existence Moments Negative Photograph
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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Art Believe Paint Photograph
We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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Greatness Honor Image
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Art Ignorance Image Photograph Worst
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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Greatness Important Improvement Photograph Pieces
The 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.
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Existence Growth Integrity Ourselves Place Quality Relationship Sky
You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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Best Photograph Prosperity
A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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Accident Mistake Photograph
The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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Ability Camera Inspirational Photographer Possible
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
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Art Beautiful Generosity Light Spirit
I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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Art Fine Music Myself Photograph
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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Destiny Experience Myself Photograph

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

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