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.
ANSEL ADAMSBad weather makes for good photography.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Some photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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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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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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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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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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