| It is not the language of painters but the | A great photograph is one that fully expresses |
| language of nature which one should listen to. | what one feels, in the deepest sense, about |
| . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for | what is being photographed. - Ansel |
| reality, is more important than the feeling for | Adams |
| pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh | |
| | A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. |
| Now to consult the rules of composition before | - Vincent Van Gogh |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | |
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| Photography records the gamut of feelings | My own eyes are no more than scouts on a |
| written on the human face, the beauty of the | preliminary search, for the camera's eye may |
| earth and skies that man has inherited and the | entirely change my idea. - Edward |
| wealth and confusion man has created. | Weston |
| - Edward Steichen | |
| | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| Photography is about finding out what can | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| happen in the frame. When you put four | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| edges around some facts, you change those | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| facts. - Gary Winogrand | would be slowed down by painting or |
| | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
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