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> [Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multi-media montage - the intent and purpose of photography…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/even-though-fixed-in-time-a-photograph-evokes-as-much-feeling-as-that/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

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## Other authors on Decisive moments

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henri-cartierbresson-41329.jpg) Henri Cartier-Bresson 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decisive-moments/henri-cartier-bresson/)

## More by Ralph Gibson

> [Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/even-though-fixed-in-time-a-photograph-evokes-as-much-feeling-as-that/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [I have been a photographer all my life…and have made photographs of many things and for many reasons. But one thing that becomes more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/i-have-been-a-photographer-all-my-life-and-have-made-photographs-of/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [Traditionally, photography has dealt with recording the world as it is found. Before photography appeared the fine artists of the time, the painters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/traditionally-photography-has-dealt-with-recording-the-world-as-it-is/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/i-embrace-the-abstract-in-photography-and-exist-on-a-few-bits-of/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [I'm too impatient to use a tripod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/i-m-too-impatient-to-use-a-tripod/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [It occurs to me that at the beginning one works passionately to learn photography. This takes years, and the craft is usually formed during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/it-occurs-to-me-that-at-the-beginning-one-works-passionately-to-learn/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [The French have a different take on photography than Americans do. They consider photography to be absolutely parallel to literature. That often makes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/the-french-have-a-different-take-on-photography-than-americans-do/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [“Passing from one dimension to another, he feels that nothing is left behind, but rather is always with him in the moment. His life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/passing-from-one-dimension-to-another-he-feels-that-nothing-is-left/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [My enthusiasm for joining the New York Film Academy is predicated on my personal explorations into video as well as a sense of responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/my-enthusiasm-for-joining-the-new-york-film-academy-is-predicated-on/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [I believe that the medium of photography prevails entirely as an act of faith in the souls of those who love and practice it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/i-believe-that-the-medium-of-photography-prevails-entirely-as-an-act/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [When I was working with Robert Frank, he told me that there was absolutely no relationship between cinema and photography. I challenge that. Surely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/when-i-was-working-with-robert-frank-he-told-me-that-there-was/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [ One night I was on my \[Navy\] ship... on my first cruise crossing the North Atlantic in a horrible storm, chained to the rails… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/one-night-i-was-on-my-navy-ship-on-my-first-cruise-crossing-the-north/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

> [I'm interested in producing truncated shapes in proportion to the frame and composition, shapes that are preferably luminous. I'm not interested in the full-figure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/i-m-interested-in-producing-truncated-shapes-in-proportion-to-the/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

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