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title: "8 Great Photograph Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Great Photograph quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Great Photograph sayings and thoughts."
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> [A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-mark/a-great-photograph-needs-no-explanation-it-functions-by-suggestion/)

[Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ellen-mark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/mary-ellen-mark-8293_explanation_a-great-photograph-needs-no-explanation_153209.png)

> [People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/people-will-never-understand-the-patience-a-photographer-requires-to/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/alfred-eisenstaedt-20057_age_people-will-never-understand-the-patienc_209795.png)

> [“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/a-great-photograph-is-a-full-expression-of-what-one-feels-about-what/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/ansel-adams-2687_art_a-great-photograph-is-a-full-expression_371527.jpg)

> [But I always liked the fact that you get these totally unacceptable images, but they're taken by a really expensive photographer, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/but-i-always-liked-the-fact-that-you-get-these-totally-unacceptable/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/damien-hirst-3219_contradiction_but-i-always-liked-the-fact-that-you-get_760368.jpg)

> [A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/a-great-photograph-is-a-full-expression-of-what-one-feels/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/ansel-adams-2687_expression_a-great-photograph-is-a-full-expression_805608.jpg)

> [A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/a-great-photograph-is-one-that-fully-expresses-what-one-feels-in-the/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/ansel-adams-2687_feels_a-great-photograph-is-one-that-fully-exp_1652411.jpg)

> [My first reaction to finding Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in a book was, Wow, what a great photograph! I could not believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vik-muniz/my-first-reaction-to-finding-robert-smithson-s-spiral-jetty-in-a-book/)

[Vik Muniz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vik-muniz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/vik-muniz-16116_believe_my-first-reaction-to-finding-robert-smit_1682497.png)

> [If you scratch a great photograph, you find two things; a painting and a photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-malcolm/if-you-scratch-a-great-photograph-you-find-two-things-a-painting-and/)

[Janet Malcolm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-malcolm/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/janet-malcolm-10933_painting_if-you-scratch-a-great-photograph-you-fi_2172730.png)

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