51 Quotes by John Paul Caponigro

We are the strongest filter we can place before the lens. We point the lens both outward and inward.

Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us.

Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force.

Through the experience of art, the powers of perception and transformation can be awakened, in both those who create it and those who re-perceive it.

A good question has many answers.

The act of creation, making anything, is an alteration. We cannot eliminate the medium or ourselves from the process, and both are limited. We create decisive moments by devoting our time and attention to specific things. This is the greatest gift we can give anyone or anything – pieces of our life.

The key is to not let the camera, which depicts nature in so much detail, reveal just what the eye picks up, but what the heart picks up as well.

Images are altered in many ways, to many degrees, and for many reasons, so it’s important for viewers to be informed of both.

What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. Perception, belief, action, and change are codependent.