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 ADAMSI am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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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.
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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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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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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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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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