Ansel Adams Quotes
Ansel Adams was an American photographer known for his iconic images of the American West, including Yosemite National Park.
20. “Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.”
19. “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
18. “No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.”
17. “There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ”
16. “A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.”
15. “There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.”
14. “You don't take a photograph, you make it.”
13. “Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.”
12. “Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.”
11. “Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.”
10. “A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
9. “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
8. “It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.”
7. “Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.”
6. “A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.”
5. “When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.”
4. “Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.”
3. “In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.”
2. “The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.”
1. “It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.”
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