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“I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.”
Ansel Adams quotes (American Photographer, 1902-1984)

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“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.”
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“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.”
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“Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.”
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“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.”
Edward Steichen quotes
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“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
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“Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.”
Edward Weston quotes
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“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.”
Duane Michals quotes
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“Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history.”
Cornell Capa quotes
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“Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.”
Berenice Abbott quotes (American Photographer, 1898-1991)
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“Photography helps people to see.”
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