The best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
When you can't think of anything else, photograph graffiti, nudes, or plants. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Photographers have already photographed everything too many times, except cheese. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
If it is not an interesting picture when in focus, it is not going to be a better picture out of focus. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Ask photographers to write and they have nothing to say; ask them to talk about their work and they won't shut up. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
If you are bored with your own photography you are really bored with what you are photographing, so pick a new subject… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
I appreciate photographs which celebrate harmony. I don't particularly want to look at chaos. I see enough of that at home. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Asked for your opinion on the prints, you have two choices: truth or tact. I ask for the bathroom. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
At exhibition openings always praise the chicken for laying eggs; you can wring its neck later. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
But there are times when thinking is misplaced, like when taking photographs. You cannot think your way to making photographs; you can… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Words of wisdom for every photographer: 'Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking'. So said Goethe. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
'Ornithologists concluded that migratory birds take hundreds of naps as they fly; they also practice unilateral eye closure, in which one eye… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
If you cannot think of anything to say that is useful or enlightening about your images, then don't say anything. There are… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Photography is inextricably linked with life; the photographer is not invisibly behind the camera but projecting a life-attitude through the lens to… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
This is life. It is everywhere, and it is here for the taking. I am alive and I know this, now, in… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
...photographers who carry 60 pounds of equipment up a hill to photograph a view are not suffering enough, although their whining causes… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
I seem to walk in the world as two people. The normal everyday-me is as preoccupied, unobservant and oblivious to visual clues… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
If there is a single factor which separates the best photographers from the wannabes it is the quantity of images which they… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
A photograph is a mirror; mostly it reflects the prejudices of the viewer. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
True, there are photographers who are failed artists, but so are most artists. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Predators and prey always coexist. That's why we have galleries as well as photographers. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
I'd like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what's going on outside. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
...the subject, the thing itself, is the genesis of all types of photography. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
I talk a lot about photography. It's cheap becuase my supply always exceeds demand. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
A photograph is a picture and no more true or false than any other depiction; why is that so hard to comprehend? — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
I appreciate photographs which celebrate harmony. I don't particularly want to look at chaos. I see enough of that at home. — Bill Jay Copy Share
I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense. — Bill Jay Copy Share
There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received… — Bill Jay Copy Share
If you cannot think of anything to say that is useful or enlightening about your images, then don't say anything. There are plenty of… — Bill Jay Copy Share
Think clearly, act sensibly, commit yourself to caring and work hard in order to discover joy. Then give the images back to the world… — Bill Jay Copy Share
Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more… — Bill Jay Copy Share
If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as… — Bill Jay Copy Share
...photographers who carry 60 pounds of equipment up a hill to photograph a view are not suffering enough, although their whining causes enough suffering… — Bill Jay Copy Share
Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful. — Bill Jay Copy Share
Photographers have already photographed everything too many times, except cheese. — Bill Jay Copy Share
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