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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 Adams

I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Collection Myself Thinking
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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Photograph See Truth
Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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Photograph Poetry Reality
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
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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Nature Photograph Present 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
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
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
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Destiny Fight Force Human Live Men Spirit
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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Art Easy Heart Life Smile World Yourself
Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Beautiful Destroy Nature Price Worth
The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Negative Performance Photograph
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Care Establishment God Mistake Photograph Relationship
We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Forever Illusion Time
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Art Ignorance Image Photograph Worst
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
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Myself Space Sunrise Wonder
Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Bad Climate Goodness Photograph

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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