Quotes by Ansel Adams about Art

12 quotes by Ansel Adams about art

Ansel Adams American Photographer

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one...

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be...

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I...

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!

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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the...

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

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Photography is more than a medium for factual...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.

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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only...

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

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There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of...

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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...

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