[My stories were] an excuse for making pictures.

I have never been more excited than I am today about making pictures.

— Ed Kashi

“If there is anything in your life that is not the way you want it to be, you and only you are responsible for…

— Newberry, Tommy

Blaming is just another sorry excuse, and making excuses is the first step towards both misery and failure. YOU, and only you, are responsible…

— Melchor Lim

Blaming is just another sorry excuse, and making excuses is the first step towards failure

— Suman Rai

To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of…

— Harry Callahan

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do.

— Gloria Swanson

I just hope that I get a chance to keep making pictures in the atmosphere of freedom to make mistakes, and to find those…

— David Lynch

If I had to give advice to other photographers, I would first suggest quickly getting over the camera equipment questions. In my humble opinion,…

— Michael Kenna

I wanted to grow in terms of making pictures, not adapting to new software and technology. But that's the game now.

— Gregory Heisler

Today they're making pictures that I wouldn't want Trigger to see.

— Roy Rogers

Do not settle for easy. Do not settle for that first image. Craft it, work it, and make something more out of it. And…

— David Burnett

I began making pictures because I wanted to record what supports hope: the untranslatable mystery and beauty of the world. Along the way, however,…

— Robert Adams

I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me,…

— Martin Mull

I'd like to a major studio. My feeling is that a lot of money can be saved making pictures.

— Mike Connors

Ever since I was very young, as far back as I can remember, I have loved making pictures. I knew even as a child…

— Eric Carle