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> [Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that-matter-the-artists-themselves/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

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## More by Alfred Stieglitz

> [The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/the-ability-to-make-a-truly-artistic-photograph-is-not-acquired-off/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [I have all but killed myself for Photography. My passion for it is greater than ever. It's forty years that I have fought its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/i-have-all-but-killed-myself-for-photography-my-passion-for-it-is/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [If you can imagine photography in the guise of a woman and you’d ask her what she thought of Stieglitz, she’d say: He always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/if-you-can-imagine-photography-in-the-guise-of-a-woman-and-you-d-ask/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [Everything is relative except relatives, and they are absolute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/everything-is-relative-except-relatives-and-they-are-absolute/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [ A woman artist could be one of those intuitive geniuses \[who\] have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/a-woman-artist-could-be-one-of-those-intuitive-geniuses-who-have-kept/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that-matter-the-artists-themselves/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [I was sad to leave Europe in 1890, after my student days in Germany... But then, once back in New York, I experienced an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/i-was-sad-to-leave-europe-in-1890-after-my-student-days-in-germany/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/photographers-must-learn-not-to-be-ashamed-to-have-their-photographs/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who are following photography for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/as-a-matter-of-fact-nearly-all-the-greatest-work-is-being-and-has/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [The goal of art was the vital expression of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/the-goal-of-art-was-the-vital-expression-of-self/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [“Photography is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/photography-is-a-reality-so-subtle-that-it-becomes-more-real-than/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [Photography my passion, the search for truth, my obsession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/photography-my-passion-the-search-for-truth-my-obsession/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [My cloud photographs are equivalents of my most profound life experiences, my basic philosophy of life. All art is an equivalent of the artist’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/my-cloud-photographs-are-equivalents-of-my-most-profound-life/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [Photography as a fad is well-nigh on its last legs, thanks principally to the bicycle craze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/photography-as-a-fad-is-well-nigh-on-its-last-legs-thanks-principally/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

> [Wherever there is light, one can photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/wherever-there-is-light-one-can-photograph/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

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