14 Quotes by Freeman Patterson

Creation and creativity are inextricably linked.

I photograph Nature, which includes human beings.

Unlike a child in a totally urban environment, my friends and peer group were not only other children, but also wild and domesticated animals, plants of every sort, brooks and waterfalls, rocks and sand.

Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium and skilled in using many of them.

Thirty-six satisfactory exposures on a roll means a photographer is not trying anything new.

There’s only one rule in photography – never develop colour film in chicken noodle soup.

A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.

Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement...

The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated ‘wholes’ will remain a lifelong challenge.