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.
ANSEL ADAMSMillions 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.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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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.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
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Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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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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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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With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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