I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
ANSEL ADAMSA true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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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.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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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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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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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.
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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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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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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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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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