| I think you have to have a real point of view | My own eyes are no more than scouts on a |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | preliminary search, for the camera's eye may |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | entirely change my idea. - Edward |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | Weston |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | A mad, keen photographer needs to get out |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | into the world and work and make mistakes. |
| | - Sam Abell |
| Photography records the gamut of feelings | |
| written on the human face, the beauty of the | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| earth and skies that man has inherited and the | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| wealth and confusion man has created. | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| - Edward Steichen | 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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| Sometimes you can tell a large story with a | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| tiny subject. - Eliot Porter | 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 |
| A room hung with pictures is a room hung with | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
| thoughts. - Sir Joshua Reynolds | |
| | It is not the language of painters but the |
| No place is boring, if you've had a good | language of nature which one should listen to. |
| night's sleep and have a pocket full of | . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for |
| unexposed film. - Robert Adams | reality, is more important than the feeling for |
| | pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh |
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