Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
ANSEL ADAMSIt is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Some photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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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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The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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The quality of place, the reaction to immediate contact with earth and growing things that have a fugal relationship with mountains and sky, is essential to the integrity of our existence on this planet.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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