Art is based on order. The world is full of 'sloppy Bohemians' and their work betrays them. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
It's hard not to tell the truth with a camera. Artists are particularly good at that. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
The great scientist dares to differ from accepted 'facts' - think irrationally - let the artist do likewise. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
As great a picture can be made as one's mental capacity-no greater. Art cannot be taught; it must be self-inspiration, though the… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I don't care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that nature is… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Now one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of years —… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
…so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
An excellent conception can be quite obscured by faulty technical execution or clarified by faultless technique. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
