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> [Emotion may be expressed, or the utter lack of it may be expressed, but the only important fact is that of expression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mortensen/emotion-may-be-expressed-or-the-utter-lack-of-it-may-be-expressed-but/)

[William Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mortensen/)

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## More by William Mortensen

> [If tone is granted to be subjected to control, why not line also, which has equal emotional significance? And if line, why not shapes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mortensen/if-tone-is-granted-to-be-subjected-to-control-why-not-line-also-which/)

[William Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mortensen/)

> [Emotion may be expressed, or the utter lack of it may be expressed, but the only important fact is that of expression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mortensen/emotion-may-be-expressed-or-the-utter-lack-of-it-may-be-expressed-but/)

[William Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mortensen/)

> [Photography, like any other art, is a form of communication. The artist is not blowing bubbles for his own gratification, but is speaking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mortensen/photography-like-any-other-art-is-a-form-of-communication-the-artist/)

[William Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mortensen/)

> [Nature is an unpleasing, stupid, lumpy, blowsy wench.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mortensen/nature-is-an-unpleasing-stupid-lumpy-blowsy-wench/)

[William Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mortensen/)

> [Thoughts and emotions cannot be photographed, despite the protestations of some mystically minded portraitists. Physical fact is ultimately the sole pictorial material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mortensen/thoughts-and-emotions-cannot-be-photographed-despite-the/)

[William Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mortensen/)

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