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On Photography Quotes: "They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph."

They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important."

Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.




On Photography Quotes: "Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes."

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.



On Photography Quotes: "I don't like captions. I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories."

I don't like captions. I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories.




On Photography Quotes: "The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking."

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.



On Photography Quotes: "My photographs are not pure: they are a seething wealth of imperfection."

My photographs are not pure: they are a seething wealth of imperfection.



On Photography Quotes: "I wanted to go to the end of photography."

I wanted to go to the end of photography.




On Photography Quotes: "My first thought is always of light."

My first thought is always of light.



On Photography Quotes: "Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer."

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.



On Photography Quotes: "I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I wanted to get even. Now I had a weapon, photography."

I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I wanted to get even. Now I had a weapon, photography.



On Photography Quotes: "What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake...spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture."

What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake...spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture.



On Photography Quotes: "They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection."

They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.




On Photography Quotes: "I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work."

I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.



On Photography Quotes: "My true program is summed up in one word: life. I expect to photograph anything suggested by that word which appeals to me."

My true program is summed up in one word: life. I expect to photograph anything suggested by that word which appeals to me.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second."

Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography... is either an expression of a cosmic vision, an embodiment of a life movement or it is nothing - to me. (1919)"

Photography... is either an expression of a cosmic vision, an embodiment of a life movement or it is nothing - to me. (1919)



On Photography Quotes: "Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular vantage point at a given moment."

Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular vantage point at a given moment.



On Photography Quotes: "Contrast is what makes photography interesting."

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.



On Photography Quotes: "A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes."

A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.



On Photography Quotes: "in the smallest cells are reflections of the largest. And in photography, through an interplay of scales, a whole universe within a universe can be revealed."

in the smallest cells are reflections of the largest. And in photography, through an interplay of scales, a whole universe within a universe can be revealed.



On Photography Quotes: "Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar."

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.



On Photography Quotes: "In photography one should surely proceed from essence of the object and attempt to represent it with photographic terms alone."

In photography one should surely proceed from essence of the object and attempt to represent it with photographic terms alone.



On Photography Quotes: "There is indeed something omnivorous about the act of photography. It offers a way of responding to everything about everything."

There is indeed something omnivorous about the act of photography. It offers a way of responding to everything about everything.



On Photography Quotes: "I'm fond of implied narratives, oblique angles, and leaving a little room for the viewer to finish a picture."

I'm fond of implied narratives, oblique angles, and leaving a little room for the viewer to finish a picture.



On Photography Quotes: "The camera relieves us of the burden of memory."

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is humbling, it really is, and it really allows for me to atone for some of the missteps I've made throughout the course of my life."

Photography is humbling, it really is, and it really allows for me to atone for some of the missteps I've made throughout the course of my life.



On Photography Quotes: "Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record."

Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record.



On Photography Quotes: "To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print."

To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.



On Photography Quotes: "But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that was going on. It took me a long time, I mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years."

But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that was going on. It took me a long time, I mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years.



On Photography Quotes: "To photograph is to confer importance."

To photograph is to confer importance.



On Photography Quotes: "I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God."

I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God.



On Photography Quotes: "I believe that photography loves banal objects, and I love the life of objects."

I believe that photography loves banal objects, and I love the life of objects.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography, too, reduces the world to strips and rectangles; photographers scrutinize the surfaces of reality in hope of unlocking the potential for significance that is latent within them."

Photography, too, reduces the world to strips and rectangles; photographers scrutinize the surfaces of reality in hope of unlocking the potential for significance that is latent within them.



On Photography Quotes: "If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game."

If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.



On Photography Quotes: "...photography is made essentially of time. I often think that what we show is a point in time, more than a window onto space."

...photography is made essentially of time. I often think that what we show is a point in time, more than a window onto space.



On Photography Quotes: "It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it."

It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it.



On Photography Quotes: "I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything."

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.



On Photography Quotes: "I think women's bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape."

I think women's bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.



On Photography Quotes: "I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself."

I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.



On Photography Quotes: "The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster."

The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.



On Photography Quotes: "The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world."

The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.



On Photography Quotes: "How do you find a way to say what an extraordinary experience it is to be alive in this world? That is the kind of subject matter I try to work with."

How do you find a way to say what an extraordinary experience it is to be alive in this world? That is the kind of subject matter I try to work with.



On Photography Quotes: "If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this."

If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is only a new road from a different direction, but moving toward the common goal, which is life."

Photography is only a new road from a different direction, but moving toward the common goal, which is life.



On Photography Quotes: "I got into photography because of the immediacy of the medium. I used to sit in front of a canvas for weeks trying to create something. Now I can see the image right away."

I got into photography because of the immediacy of the medium. I used to sit in front of a canvas for weeks trying to create something. Now I can see the image right away.



On Photography Quotes: "We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole."

We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.



On Photography Quotes: "This is the way photography can be cruel... in the sense that it describes everything, even the things we are not necessarily aware we're revealing."

This is the way photography can be cruel... in the sense that it describes everything, even the things we are not necessarily aware we're revealing.



On Photography Quotes: "What the eye sees is a synthesis of who you are and all you have learned. This is what I would call the language of photography."

What the eye sees is a synthesis of who you are and all you have learned. This is what I would call the language of photography.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography works hand in glove with image and memory and therefore possesses their notable epidemic power."

Photography works hand in glove with image and memory and therefore possesses their notable epidemic power.