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The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

Ansel Adams

It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
ANSEL ADAMS

Beautiful Breathe Live Magic Quality Sun Yourself
I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
ANSEL ADAMS

Believe Environment Life Myself
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
ANSEL ADAMS

Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Ignorance Image Photograph Worst
The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Difference Negative Performance Way
Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
ANSEL ADAMS

Nature Reveal Simplicity Wild
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
ANSEL ADAMS

Destiny Experience Myself Photograph
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Easy Heart Life Smile World Yourself
It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
ANSEL ADAMS

Camera Photograph Technology
Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
ANSEL ADAMS

Photograph Poetry Reality
A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
ANSEL ADAMS

Accident Mistake Photograph
A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
ANSEL ADAMS

Photograph See
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
ANSEL ADAMS

Inspirational People Photograph View
The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
ANSEL ADAMS

Creation Existence Human Life Nature Spirit
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
ANSEL ADAMS

Camera Goodness Photograph Rule
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Beautiful Encouragement Excitement Expression Greatness Hope Myself Photograph Search World

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

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