The QUOTE thread!

[Terri]

For entertainment as well as enlightenment! :)

Share your favorite photography-related quotes. :reading: The speaker, the date if you have it - include as much information as you want.

Enjoy!

[Terri]

I came across this the other day. A very old quote, but does it not still ring true? :lol:


"Photography is a marvelous discovery, a science that has attracted the greatest intellects, an art that excites the most astute minds – and one that can be practiced by any imbecile."

-Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachone), 1856

[icassell]

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships -- Ansel Adams

[ann]

There is nothing more useless than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept

Ansel Adams

[icassell]

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. - Richard Avedon

[icassell]

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask "how," while others of a more curious nature will ask "why." Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information. - Man Ray

[icassell]

The most important lens you have is your legs - Ernst Haas

[icassell]

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

[icassell]

I would say to any artist: 'Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.' Edward Weston to Ansel Adams

[icassell]

I didn't go to kindergarden, so I missed 'show and tell' when I was young. I'm making up for it now! I look for essence of the subject and try to show it in a different way, whether it's Antarctica or a monarch butterfly... - George Lepp

[icassell]

BTW, I love photographer quotes :)

[icassell]

@$!#& Grrrrr! -- Ian Cassell

[icassell]

Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. - Susan Sontag

[Aggie]

"Just turn around!" Edward Weston

He said that when a student in a workshop was unable to see any photographic possibilities.

[Terri]

:cheer:

[icassell]

"Just turn around!" Edward Weston

He said that when a student in a workshop was unable to see any photographic possibilities.

This reminds me of a story of a friend of mine who was lost in Paris. She asked a gendarme where the Metro station was and his response was "Very far ... ". She turned around and the steps to the station were right behind her.

[Terri]

^^ :lol:



"Think what I must suffer...fancy my despair. All day long I must pose and arrange for those eternal photographs. They will have me. Nobody but me will do; while I burn, I ache, I die, for something that is truly art."

- Napoleon Sarony, 1893 – apparently complaining over the huge success of his portrait studio, where he became famous in New York City for photographing celebrities of the day (such as Sarah Bernhardt) in various histrionic poses.

[icassell]

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse. - Diane Arbus


Speaking of which, did anyone else see the movie "Fur"? It's a fictionalized account of Arbus' life with Nicole Kidman and Robert Downy, Jr.

[icassell]

I thought this one was so apropos:


To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft. - John Szarkowski

[Fox Paw]

"Did I really have the ISO setting on 1600 all morning?" -- Don Peters

[icassell]

"Did I really have the ISO setting on 1600 all morning?" -- Don Peters

:cheers: I hear ya', bro!

[Terri]

Originally Posted by Fox Paw http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/images/catlover/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=51937#post51937)
"Did I really have the ISO setting on 1600 all morning?" -- Don Peters

:cheers: I hear ya', bro!:salute: I'm thinking we all might have done that at some point! This is where my newer film camera saved me, since film is hardcoded (the DX) newer film cameras will read the film's ISO and automatically set that for you. Of course, you still have to remember to set it yourself on older, manual cameras! You can only hope you catch it when unloading the film and push/pull the film upon development and save yourself - from yourself! :lol:

[Terri]

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse. - Diane Arbus


Speaking of which, did anyone else see the movie "Fur"? It's a fictionalized account of Arbus' life with Nicole Kidman and Robert Downy, Jr.
I have not. From what I gathered the script wasn't very good. The scenes showing Nicole Kidman darting around with a Rolleiflex made it tempting to sit through, though. :big grin:

Did you like the movie?

[icassell]

I have not. From what I gathered the script wasn't very good. The scenes showing Nicole Kidman darting around with a Rolleiflex made it tempting to sit through, though. :big grin:

Did you like the movie?

It was a bit slow, but I liked it.

[Terri]

Gosh, I've almost forgotten about this thread, and it's one of my favorites! :love:


I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.
- William Albert Allard, "The Photographic Essay"

[Terri]

As a lover of alternative photographic techniques, I've always been able to relate to this one: ;)


I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. ~Ruth Bernhard

[icassell]

“Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn’t photogenic.” -Edward Weston

[Jeff Jarboe]

“Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn’t photogenic.” -Edward Weston

I like that one

[Chiller]

"your camera takes great photos" - The Masses. :raisedbrow:

[Terri]

"your camera takes great photos" - The Masses. :raisedbrow:
:biglaugh:

[Jeff Jarboe]

If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough. Robert Capa, killed in Vietnam