1.
“The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand
perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he can never be
Shakespeare. His tools are too literal.”
2.
“I know the best moments can never be captured on film, even as I spend nearly
half my life trying to do just that.”
3.
“I would never understand photography, the sneaky, murderous taxidermy of it. ”
4.
“What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would
be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If
you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer. ”
5.
“There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to
imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit.”
6.
“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the
supreme disappointment. ”
7.
“No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer,
no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients, snotty subjects,
obnoxious handlers, wigged-out art directors, technical disasters, failures of
the mind, body, and will, all the shouldas, couldas, and wouldas that befuddle
our brains and creep into our dreams, always remember to make room to shoot
what you love. It’s the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.”
8.
“It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we
discover the world around us.”
9.
“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you
know.”
10.
“When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no
longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not.”
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