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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.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, photography, tests

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about originality, force, police, creation, fight, human imperfections, spirit, man

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, faith, people

Photography is more than a medium for factual...

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

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, photography, communication, magic

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.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, photography, infinite

Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, reality, revelation, thinking, spirit, love

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to...

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.

Quote by Ansel Adams about god

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, ...

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about philosophy, human imperfections, spirit, things, life

There are always two people in every picture: the...

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, people

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

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

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, rules, good, good luck

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...

Quote by Ansel Adams about philosophy, revelation, science, experience, history, art, magic, nature, spirit, world

There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy...

There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, nothing

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy...

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, nothing

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they...

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, old, olderness, people

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, humanity, nature, things

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...

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, word

When words become unclear, I shall focus with...

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Quote by Ansel Adams about truth, concentration, silence, word

A common mistake that people make when trying to design...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Quote by Douglas Adams about stupidity, mistake, common sense, people

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