...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me…

The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true. I would never choose a subject for…

— Diane Arbus

Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.]

— Horace

Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the surprise and…

— Susan Orlean

To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.

— Edward Weston

What do I want to express? The subject means little. The arrangement, the design, colour, shape, depth, light, space, mood, movement, balance, not one…

— Emily Carr

I think the key to being a journalist is getting your subject to feel comfortable enough to talk about stuff they want to talk…

— Glenn Danzig

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

— Horace

Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move…

— Ansel Adams

“In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it.”

— Robert Greene

I never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me.

— Ernest Hemingway

I think the important decision for a photographer is to choose a subject that intensely interests him or her.

— Berenice Abbott

The idea that any photography can't be personal is madness! I see something; it goes through my eye, brain, heart, guts; I choose the…

— Cornell Capa

“You must understand the following: In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your…

— Robert Greene

“I never had to choose my subject- my subject rather chose me.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.

— Abbas Kiarostami