51 Quotes by Minor White

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

A very receptive state of mind...not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room.