A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it. — Minor White Copy Share Image
The state of mind of the photographer creating is a blank. I might add that this condition exists only at special times, namely when looking for pictures. -Something keeps him from falling off curbs, down open manholes, into bumpers of… — Minor White Copy Share Image
When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave… — Minor White Copy Share Image
Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film,… — Minor White Copy Share Image
Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'. — Minor White Copy Share Image
In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis. — Minor White Copy Share Image
Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits. — Minor White Copy Share Image
When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was… — Minor White Copy Share Image
Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass - sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out. — Minor White Copy Share Image
Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or… — Minor White Copy Share Image
Before he has seen the whole, how unusually perceptive and imaginative the person must be to evolve the entire sequence by meditating on its… — Minor White Copy Share Image
We could teach photography as a way to make a living, and best of all, somehow to get students to experience for themselves photography… — Minor White Copy Share Image
At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us. — Minor White Copy Share Image
A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a… — Minor White Copy Share Image
When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously. — Minor White Copy Share Image
...insight, vision, moments of revelation. During those rare moments something overtakes the man and he becomes the tool of a greater Force; the servant… — Minor White Copy Share Image
