1,962 Quotes About Photography

I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!” 

Don't we all know that art is dangerous. You play it - then you live it.

Photography is like stealing.You rob someone of a moment that exposes something essential about their character,their soul if you like.there are people who are very conscious of that,who find that terrifying.The thought that everyone,friend of foe,can get so close to you,look you straight in the eye and judge you without having any control over it or being able to respond.A part of them has become the property of the photographer.

It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique is secondary. Sometimes the simple is the most difficult.

Not every artistic person should have to be a photographer, but every photographer should be artistic.

Original art emanates in the mind ... and lessons society's confusion from self indulgence, avarice and greed to trust, hope and love.

I don't want to be remembered for my photography, I want those I photograph to be remembered

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.

If there's no mystery, it's not it. It just doesn't feel right. When something's mysterious, then it's the real thing. I think so. What is a photograph? It's something back there, even further, behind that question...