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> [It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/it-matters-little-how-much-equipment-we-use-it-matters-much-that-we/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

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> [You know you are seeing such a photograph if you say to yourself, "I could have taken that picture. I've seen such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/you-know-you-are-seeing-such-a-photograph-if-you-say-to-yourself-i/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/sam-abell-7768_effects_you-know-you-are-seeing-such-a-photograp_1838353.jpg)

> [For spiritual companions I have had the many artists who have relied on nature to help shape their imagination. And their most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/for-spiritual-companions-i-have-had-the-many-artists-who-have-relied/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

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## More by Sam Abell

> [Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/photography-alone-of-the-arts-seems-perfected-to-serve-the-desire/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [I did it once, and National Geographic recruited me. I did it primarily out of curiosity. A lot of legendary photographers had worked on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/i-did-it-once-and-national-geographic-recruited-me-i-did-it-primarily/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended, to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/i-can-t-speak-for-other-photographers-but-the-photographers-who-went/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/actually-ambition-won-t-get-you-that-far-you-ll-shift-gears-you-ll/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/a-mad-keen-photographer-needs-to-get-out-into-the-world-and-work-and/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [I have this awareness that the more dynamic the situation is, the more on guard I need to be that the dynamic isn't controlling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/i-have-this-awareness-that-the-more-dynamic-the-situation-is-the-more/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [What I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/what-i-m-interested-in-is-modern-american-history-i-m-taken-with-the/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [Essentially what photography is is life lit up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/essentially-what-photography-is-is-life-lit-up/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/life-rarely-presents-fully-finished-photographs-an-image-evolves/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/photographs-that-transcend-but-do-not-deny-their-literal-situation/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/i-wanted-life-to-be-episodic-i-wanted-to-be-a-magazine-photographer/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [ That statement \[ Stephen Ambrose:'You, Sam, have the hardest job, which is, pretend like nothing has happened in the last 200 years.'\] woke me… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/that-statement-stephen-ambrose-you-sam-have-the-hardest-job-which-is/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [The unusual wins out over the usual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/the-unusual-wins-out-over-the-usual/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [Even though I teach with 35mm, my method takes people by surprise, because it isn't fast, and it isn't about hardware or software, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/even-though-i-teach-with-35mm-my-method-takes-people-by-surprise/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

> [The class that I teach is called "The Life of a Photograph." It takes up the question, of the billion photographs that were taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/the-class-that-i-teach-is-called-the-life-of-a-photograph-it-takes-up/)

[Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/)

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