--- title: "7 Photograph Picture Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Photograph Picture quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Photograph Picture sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/gerhard-richter-2249_ifs_the-photograph-is-the-only-picture-that_104073.jpg" --- > [The photograph is the only picture that can truly convey information, even if it is technically faulty and the object can barely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/the-photograph-is-the-only-picture-that-can-truly-convey-information/) [Gerhard Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-richter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/gerhard-richter-2249_ifs_the-photograph-is-the-only-picture-that_104073.jpg) > [PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/photograph-n-a-picture-painted-by-the-sun-without-instruction-in-art/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/ambrose-bierce-140_art_photograph-n-a-picture-painted-by-the-su_250452.jpg) > [We regard the photograph, the picture on our wall, as the object itself (the man, landscape, and so on) depicted there. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/we-regard-the-photograph-the-picture-on-our-wall-as-the-object-itself/) [Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/ludwig-wittgenstein-582_color_we-regard-the-photograph-the-picture-on_565067.png) > [Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/photograph-a-picture-painted-by-the-sun-without-instruction-in-art/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/ambrose-bierce-140_art_photograph-a-picture-painted-by-the-sun_747555.jpg) > [The photograph... is not a picture of something, but is an object about something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/the-photograph-is-not-a-picture-of-something-but-is-an-object-about/) [Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/robert-heinecken-40930_object_the-photograph-is-not-a-picture-of-somet_1208974.png) > [For me, what was important was to record everything I saw around me, and to do this as methodically as possible. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/for-me-what-was-important-was-to-record-everything-i-saw-around-me/) [Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/alfredo-jaar-30663_cameras_for-me-what-was-important-was-to-record_2151681.jpg) > [A photograph is a photograph, a picture, an image, an illusion complete within itself, depending neither on words, reproductive processes or anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-decarava/a-photograph-is-a-photograph-a-picture-an-image-an-illusion-complete/) [Roy DeCarava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-decarava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/roy-decarava-35963_illusion_a-photograph-is-a-photograph-a-picture-a_3164760.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photograph-picture/#itemlist", "name": "Photograph Picture Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The photograph is the only picture that can truly convey information, even if it is technically faulty and the object can barely be identified. 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