Photography Quotes · Page 102

Take a picture of this so Isaac can see it when they invent robot eyes.

— John Green

I wish I could b one of thoese people that can take a pic anytime and still look beautiful

— Anonymous

A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed

— Richard Avedon

I don't regret a single moment of staying away from the camera.

— Ayesha Takia

Good photos have come when I least controlled the situation.

— Gueorgui Pinkhassov

“If it can happen in your mind, it can happen in your camera”

— Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.

— John Baldessari

One can begin a picture and carry it through and stop it and do nothing about the title at all.

— William Baziotes

In England, I'm already labeled a rock photographer, which is a little insulting, because I'm not a rock photographer at all.

— Anton Corbijn

From the time I started taking photographs, I started working with plastics. I've always treated plastic like it was marble or gemstone…

— Laurie Simmons

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

— Chuck Close

How our old friend [Michelangelo] of the Sistine would have loved to photograph his workers, perched on the fragile planks. Dali was…

— Jean Cocteau

“He tends to trust pictures more than he trusts words. Not because pictures cannot lie but because, once they leave the darkroom,…

— J.M. Coetzee

One of my favorite apps is VSCO, which is for editing photos. I think they have great filters. And then I read…

— Kiernan Shipka

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her…

— Chuck Close

I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.

— Martin Parr

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as…

— Edward Steichen

When I see a face, I see a face in general and I see you are curious, I see the curiosity but…

— Werner Herzog

My grandfather killed himself falling off the dike in Ostend while photographing my two cousins. This can happen so easily when looking…

— Martine Franck

By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not…

— Bill Brandt

I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters.…

— Keira Knightley

I was lucky enough to go to college for four years. At what was supposedly a hippie school with no tests and…

— Kathleen Hanna

What I do love is the traveling... and getting paid for it! I like being in front of a camera... It's an…

— Crystal Lowe

Part of the mystery of any given photograph is the fact that it was taken at a certain time and in a…

— Errol Morris

The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

— Ansel Adams

“A photograph is a cipher for which we consult our own code books.”

— Tom Ang

I'm not a good photographer. I just capture the highlights of our rotten world.

— Ritu Ghatourey

A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels.

— Ansel Adams

If you're going to paint from photos, make sure you've painted for at least ten years.

— John F. Carlson

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

— Ranbir Kapoor

Most photo shoots are a beautiful dress, a natural location, and poses.

— Jenna Dewan

Photography's history is bound to the mistake, to the accident.

— Taryn Simon

When I got to NYU, I immediately inquired about doing a double major in acting and photography.

— Katherine Waterston

I don't take the camera out with me. My eyes are the camera for me every day.

— Patrick Demarchelier

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

— Gordon Parks

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

— Diane Arbus

Words represent images: nothing can be said for which there is no image.

— Frederick Sommer

I played in bands very very young. I painted; I did photography, all kinds of things.

— Johan Renck

To take pictures had become a necessity and I did not want to forgo it for anything.

— Inge Morath

I've always viewed myself as a behind-the-scenes person rather than in front of the camera.

— Tommy Mottola