| It is not the language of painters but the | My own eyes are no more than scouts on a |
| language of nature which one should listen to. | preliminary search, for the camera's eye may |
| . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for | entirely change my idea. - Edward |
| reality, is more important than the feeling for | Weston |
| pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh | |
| | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| Once photography enters your bloodstream, | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| it's like a disease. - Anon | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| Now to consult the rules of composition before | would be slowed down by painting or |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | |
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| A picture is the expression of an impression. If | Photography is about finding out what can |
| the beautiful were not in us, how would we | happen in the frame. When you put four |
| ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas | edges around some facts, you change those |
| | facts. - Gary Winogrand |
| A room hung with pictures is a room hung with | |
| thoughts. - Sir Joshua Reynolds | Photography records the gamut of feelings |
| | written on the human face, the beauty of the |
| You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a | earth and skies that man has inherited and the |
| matter of noticing things and organizing them. | wealth and confusion man has created. |
| You just have to care about what's around you | - Edward Steichen |
| and have a concern with humanity and the | |
| human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt | |
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