| There is nothing worse than a sharp image of | A picture is the expression of an impression. If |
| a fuzzy concept. - Ansel Adams | the beautiful were not in us, how would we |
| | ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas |
| Now to consult the rules of composition before | |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | - Vincent Van Gogh |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | I think the best pictures are often on the edges |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | of any situation, I don't find photographing the |
| | situation nearly as interesting as |
| | photographing the edges. - William Albert |
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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 |
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| | Memory is very important, the memory of |
| The virtue of the camera is not the power it | each photo taken, flowing at the same speed |
| has to transform the photographer into an | as the event. During the work, you have to be |
| artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on | sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've |
| looking. - Brooks Anderson | captured everything, because afterwards it will |
| | be too late. - Henri Cartier Bresson |
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