Photograph Quote by Ansel Adams

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. Ansel Adams

— Ansel Adams

A photograph is a picture and no more true or false than any other depiction; why is that so hard to comprehend?

— Bill Jay

Photographs have a relevance for things that cannot be said.

— Olafur Eliasson

A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit.

— Mary Ellen Mark

I don't believe that you can talk about a photograph being true or false. I don't think such a claim has any meaning.

— Errol Morris

Strictly speaking, it is doubtful that a photograph can help us understand anything.

— Susan Sontag

The only objective truth that photographs offer is the assertion that somebody or something... was somewhere and took a picture.

— Allan Sekula

A photograph must come from imagination and not be a reflection of what is.

— Thierry Mugler

No individual photo explains anything. That's what makes photography such a wonderful and problematic medium. It is the photographer's job to get this medium…

— Joel Sternfeld

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

— Diane Arbus

Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight.

— Duane Michals

Photographs and reality are just night and day. In reality, the information is all there. A photograph is just kind of a hint.

— Nelson Shanks