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On Photography Quotes: "Photography is space, light, texture, of course, but the really important element is time - that nanosecond when the image organizes itself on the ground glass."

Photography is space, light, texture, of course, but the really important element is time - that nanosecond when the image organizes itself on the ground glass.



On Photography Quotes: "Don't be creative when you should be mechanical, and don't be mechanical when you should be creative."

Don't be creative when you should be mechanical, and don't be mechanical when you should be creative.




On Photography Quotes: "Art accepts what it finds."

Art accepts what it finds.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is a distributive act leading to a privileged condition."

Photography is a distributive act leading to a privileged condition.




On Photography Quotes: "Art and accident are one."

Art and accident are one.



On Photography Quotes: "Poetic and speculative photographs can result if one works carefully and accurately, yet letting chance relationships have full play."

Poetic and speculative photographs can result if one works carefully and accurately, yet letting chance relationships have full play.



On Photography Quotes: "The camera points both ways. In expressing the subject you also express yourself."

The camera points both ways. In expressing the subject you also express yourself.




On Photography Quotes: "There are no photographs while I'm reloading ."

There are no photographs while I'm reloading .



On Photography Quotes: "The only thing that's difficult is reloading when things are happening. Can you get it done fast enough?"

The only thing that's difficult is reloading when things are happening. Can you get it done fast enough?



On Photography Quotes: "I didn't choose photography. Photography chose me."

I didn't choose photography. Photography chose me.



On Photography Quotes: "Whenever the medium of photography is useful for a particular task, I use it. If another medium is more suitable I use that."

Whenever the medium of photography is useful for a particular task, I use it. If another medium is more suitable I use that.



On Photography Quotes: "It's the subject matter that counts. I'm interested in revealing the subject in a new way to intensify it. A photo is able to capture a moment that people can't always see."

It's the subject matter that counts. I'm interested in revealing the subject in a new way to intensify it. A photo is able to capture a moment that people can't always see.




On Photography Quotes: "I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further."

I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.



On Photography Quotes: "They ... asked me: 'How do you make your pictures?' I was puzzled ... I said, I don't know, it's not important."

They ... asked me: 'How do you make your pictures?' I was puzzled ... I said, I don't know, it's not important.



On Photography Quotes: "The camera is for us a tool, not a pretty mechanical toy ... people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing."

The camera is for us a tool, not a pretty mechanical toy ... people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing.



On Photography Quotes: "I adore shooting photographs. It's like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography."

I adore shooting photographs. It's like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography.



On Photography Quotes: "Some photographs are like a Chekhov short story or a Maupassant story. They're quick things and there's a whole world in them. But one is unconscious of it while shooting."

Some photographs are like a Chekhov short story or a Maupassant story. They're quick things and there's a whole world in them. But one is unconscious of it while shooting.



On Photography Quotes: "In a still photograph you basically have two variables, where you stand and when you press the shutter. That's all you have."

In a still photograph you basically have two variables, where you stand and when you press the shutter. That's all you have.



On Photography Quotes: "[The photographer's task] is to describe the existing light... Chances are, if you believe the light, you're going to believe that the things photographed existed in the world."

[The photographer's task] is to describe the existing light... Chances are, if you believe the light, you're going to believe that the things photographed existed in the world.



On Photography Quotes: "Some of my best work is done when I'm half asleep."

Some of my best work is done when I'm half asleep.



On Photography Quotes: "Photographs deceive time, freezing it on a piece of cardboard where the soul is silent."

Photographs deceive time, freezing it on a piece of cardboard where the soul is silent.



On Photography Quotes: "In my view, photography and painting really share one history. The influences that work on one, work on the other."

In my view, photography and painting really share one history. The influences that work on one, work on the other.



On Photography Quotes: "What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'"

What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'



On Photography Quotes: "As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting."

As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.



On Photography Quotes: "You need minimum color for maximum effect."

You need minimum color for maximum effect.



On Photography Quotes: "You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in the round and look at it from all sides."

You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in the round and look at it from all sides.



On Photography Quotes: "Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot."

Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography could have been invented in color. Colors existed."

Photography could have been invented in color. Colors existed.



On Photography Quotes: "Ideally I would like the work to be a hybrid between painting and photography."

Ideally I would like the work to be a hybrid between painting and photography.



On Photography Quotes: "Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!"

Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!



On Photography Quotes: "Our best pictures happen by grace."

Our best pictures happen by grace.



On Photography Quotes: "Poetry is my first love. Photography often fails to look into things. It looks at things. Poetry is so much more truthful."

Poetry is my first love. Photography often fails to look into things. It looks at things. Poetry is so much more truthful.



On Photography Quotes: "I believe photography is about choosing to live, being brave. Looking is an act of courage. It's terrifying. It's possible to see too much, to witness things that we cannot hold."

I believe photography is about choosing to live, being brave. Looking is an act of courage. It's terrifying. It's possible to see too much, to witness things that we cannot hold.



On Photography Quotes: "With a camera like that you don't believe you're in the masterpiece business. It's enough to be able to peck at the world."

With a camera like that you don't believe you're in the masterpiece business. It's enough to be able to peck at the world.



On Photography Quotes: "I want pictures like these. The kind that can capture a moment, make it real, make it last. I need pictures that do more than reflect. I need pictures that are truth."

I want pictures like these. The kind that can capture a moment, make it real, make it last. I need pictures that do more than reflect. I need pictures that are truth.



On Photography Quotes: "You know exactly what I think of photography. I would like to see it make people despise painting until something else will make photography unbearable. (In a letter to Alfred Stieglitz)"

You know exactly what I think of photography. I would like to see it make people despise painting until something else will make photography unbearable. (In a letter to Alfred Stieglitz)



On Photography Quotes: "The movie stars and matinee idols are put into the public domain by photography. They become dreams that money can buy. They can be bought and thumbed more easily than public prostitutes."

The movie stars and matinee idols are put into the public domain by photography. They become dreams that money can buy. They can be bought and thumbed more easily than public prostitutes.



On Photography Quotes: "The knack is to find your own inspiration, and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing."

The knack is to find your own inspiration, and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.



On Photography Quotes: "I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at."

I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at.



On Photography Quotes: "My photography comes from absolute matter-of-fact situations but also from a deep curiosity that I possess for people, for what they do and how they think."

My photography comes from absolute matter-of-fact situations but also from a deep curiosity that I possess for people, for what they do and how they think.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography's about the surface, what's happening at the top of the sea. Literature's about all the stuff below."

Photography's about the surface, what's happening at the top of the sea. Literature's about all the stuff below.



On Photography Quotes: "In 1967 there was no place for photography in a contemporary art gallery. It was almost impossible to get an art dealer to look at, let alone exhibit, anything photographic."

In 1967 there was no place for photography in a contemporary art gallery. It was almost impossible to get an art dealer to look at, let alone exhibit, anything photographic.



On Photography Quotes: "To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes to become the photograph."

To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes to become the photograph.



On Photography Quotes: "I'm paid to be lucky and that means making your own luck - getting yourself in the right position, in front of the right subject at the right time, and in the right light."

I'm paid to be lucky and that means making your own luck - getting yourself in the right position, in front of the right subject at the right time, and in the right light.



On Photography Quotes: "I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived."

I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.



On Photography Quotes: "Just put on the lens and go."

Just put on the lens and go.



On Photography Quotes: "I like there to be a joke in practically every photo I take. Nobody has the right to make photography boring."

I like there to be a joke in practically every photo I take. Nobody has the right to make photography boring.



On Photography Quotes: "Thanks to photography, the eye grew accustomed to anticipate what it should see and to see it; and it learned not to see nonexistent things which, hitherto, it had seen so clearly."

Thanks to photography, the eye grew accustomed to anticipate what it should see and to see it; and it learned not to see nonexistent things which, hitherto, it had seen so clearly.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is motionless and frozen, it has the cryogenic power to preserve objects through time without decay."

Photography is motionless and frozen, it has the cryogenic power to preserve objects through time without decay.