“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” – Dorothea Lange
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
“Which of the photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” – Imogen Cunningham
“There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.” – Robert Heinecken
“Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.” - Edward Weston
“Film is cheaper than opportunity.” - Steve Silberman
“I find the single most valuable tool in the darkroom is my trash can.” – John Sexton
“I see something special and show it to the camera. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.” – Sam Abell
“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer, and often the supreme disappointment.” - Ansel Adams
“I think all art is about control, the encounter between control and uncontrollable.” – Richard Avedon
“Maybe the judgment of whether something is art or not should come from the viewer and not the doer.” – Alan Babbitt
“Hardening of the categories causes art disease.” - W. Eugene Smith
“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” – Lewis Hine
“Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing, light is everything.” – Leonard Missone
“The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.” – Ansel Adams
“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” – Jay Maisel
