| It is not the language of painters but the | A picture is the expression of an impression. If |
| language of nature which one should listen to. | the beautiful were not in us, how would we |
| . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for | ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas |
| reality, is more important than the feeling for | |
| pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| Now to consult the rules of composition before | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | more you realize what can be photographed |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | and what can't be photographed. You just have |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | |
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| One should really use the camera as though | Photography is a major force in explaining |
| tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. | man to man. - Edward Steichen |
| - Dorothea Lange | |
| | Memory is very important, the memory of |
| A mad, keen photographer needs to get out | each photo taken, flowing at the same speed |
| into the world and work and make mistakes. | as the event. During the work, you have to be |
| - Sam Abell | sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've |
| | captured everything, because afterwards it will |
| The camera makes everyone a tourist in other | be too late. - Henri Cartier Bresson |
| people's reality. - Susan Sontag | |
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