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> [Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-moore/seeing-that-picture-for-me-was-like-chartres-cathedral/)

[Henry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/henry-moore-8184_cathedral_seeing-that-picture-for-me-was-like-char_874184.jpg)

> [There is a beauty of seeing a picture and making out what the story behind it might be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautam-rode/there-is-a-beauty-of-seeing-a-picture-and-making-out-what-the-story/)

[Gautam Rode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautam-rode/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/gautam-rode-6390_beauty_there-is-a-beauty-of-seeing-a-picture-an_3018883.jpg)

> [But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember, meaning, you had to remember what you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/but-the-moment-you-use-an-ordinary-camera-you-are-not-seeing-the/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/david-hockney-1395_digital_but-the-moment-you-use-an-ordinary-camer_1493580.png)

> [It is the photographer's decision at the two levels of seeing the picture - when it is shot and when it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexey-brodovitch/it-is-the-photographer-s-decision-at-the-two-levels-of-seeing-the/)

[Alexey Brodovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexey-brodovitch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/alexey-brodovitch-27145_chosen_it-is-the-photographer-s-decision-at-the_1105415.png)

> [Everybody is of course free to interpret the work in his own way., I think seeing a picture is one thing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/everybody-is-of-course-free-to-interpret-the-work-in-his-own-way-i/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/jasper-johns-8447_interpreting_everybody-is-of-course-free-to-interpret_2198672.jpg)

> [I would like to manage to prevent people from ever seeing how a picture of mine has been done. What can it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/i-would-like-to-manage-to-prevent-people-from-ever-seeing-how-a/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/pablo-picasso-552_done_i-would-like-to-manage-to-prevent-people_3171164.jpg)

> [I am pessimistic about a picture's power to be the emissary of just one thing. What I hope is that the picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmet-gowin/i-am-pessimistic-about-a-picture-s-power-to-be-the-emissary-of-just/)

[Emmet Gowin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmet-gowin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/emmet-gowin-26838_half_i-am-pessimistic-about-a-picture-s-power_2746305.png)

> [“He was experiencing the aural equivalent of looking at a picture of two black silhouetted faces and suddenly seeing it as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/he-was-experiencing-the-aural-equivalent-of-looking-at-a-picture-of/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/douglas-adams-122_money_he-was-experiencing-the-aural-equivalent_1209271.png)

> [You keep seeing your picture on posters that you are missing but you're not. That'd be weird, right? Or say you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/you-keep-seeing-your-picture-on-posters-that-you-are-missing-but-you/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/lynda-barry-3343_bags_you-keep-seeing-your-picture-on-posters_1309570.jpg)

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