| A picture is the expression of an impression. If | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| the beautiful were not in us, how would we | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
| A room hung with pictures is a room hung with | |
| thoughts. - Sir Joshua Reynolds | Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid |
| | mental images of scenes I cared for and failed |
| I think the best pictures are often on the edges | to photograph. It is the edgy existence within |
| of any situation, I don't find photographing the | me of these unmade images that is the only |
| situation nearly as interesting as | assurance that the best photographs are yet to |
| photographing the edges. - William Albert | be made. - Sam Abell |
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| My own eyes are no more than scouts on a | ...words and pictures can work together to |
| preliminary search, for the camera's eye may | communicate more powerfully than either |
| entirely change my idea. - Edward | alone. -William Albert Allard |
| Weston | |
| | You've got to push yourself harder. You've got |
| One should really use the camera as though | to start looking for pictures nobody else could |
| tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. | take. You've got to take the tools you have and |
| - Dorothea Lange | probe deeper. - William Albert Allard |
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| Photography suits the temper of this ageof | Photography is a major force in explaining |
| active bodies and minds. It is a perfect | man to man. - Edward Steichen |
| medium for one whose mind is teeming with | |
| ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who | |
| would be slowed down by painting or | |
| sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts | |
| decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston | |
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