"The great rocks of Yosemite, expressing qualities of……" — Ansel Adams
"The great rocks of Yosemite, expressing qualities of timeless yet intimate grandeur, are the most compelling formations of their kind. We should not casually pass them by, for they are the very heart of the earth speaking to us."
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125 Quotes by Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams has 125 quotes on this site.
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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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More Casually Quotes
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Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.
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We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way,…
— Desmond Morris
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— Norman Cousins
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Time travel is a terrifying weapon, far more powerful than anything ever before conceived,' he said grimly.'Mankind just isn't ready…
— Alex Scarrow
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— Claire Danes
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It's casual Friday, which means that at the White House, they're casually going through everybody's phone calls and records.
— Jay Leno
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Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them…
— Carl Sagan
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Even my parents are so cute, and they deal with every movie of mine excellently. They check with me ever…
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