Books Quote by Anton Chekhov

In descriptions of Nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.…

— Anton Chekhov

When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after…

— Anton Chekhov

A large picture can give us images of things, but a relatively small one can best re-create the instantaneous unity of nature as a…

— Clement Greenberg

“When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after…

— Anton Chekhov

Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the most…

— Howard S. Becker

As a rule I do not like to explain my photographs, I want my pictures to be read and explored. I believe a good…

— John Gutmann

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

— Duane Michals

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“When you look at nature, you see a hidden mystery that gives a special flavor to the photograph.”

— Abbas Kiarostami

Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the most…

— Howard S. Becker

Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses.

— Arnold Newman

The seeming significance of nature's appearances, their unchanging strangeness to the senses, and the thrilling response which they awaken in the mind of man…

— Robert Louis Stevenson