Best Edward Weston Quotes
- One does not think during creative work, any more than one thinks when driving a car. But one has a background of years - learning,… All
- Clouds, torsos, shells, peppers, trees, rocks, smoke stacks, are but interdependent, interrelated parts of a whole, which is life. Clouds
- I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the… All
- The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning… Camera
- I don't care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print. Bath
- Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing. Composition
- Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision? Extend
- The prejudice many photographers have against colour photography comes from not thinking of colour as form. You can say things with colour that can't be… Art
- ...the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to… Been
- Is love like art - something always ahead, never quite attained. Ahead
- I see my finished platinum print (in the viewfinder) in all its desired qualities, before my exposure. All
- I have been photographing our toilet, that glossy enameled receptacle of extraordinary beauty. Here was every sensuous curve of the human figure divine but minus… Beauty
- The great scientist dares to differ from accepted 'facts' - think irrationally - let the artist do likewise. Accepted
- The painters have no copyright on modern art!... I believe in, and make no apologies for, photography: it is the most important graphic medium of… Aim
- Dare to be irrational! - keep free from formulas, open to any fresh impulse, fluid. Any
- Results alone should be appraised; the way in which these are achieved is of importance only to the maker. Achieved
- If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead! Ahead
- Restricting too personal, and therefore prejudiced, interpretation leads to revolution - the fusion of an inner and outer reality derived from the wholeness of life… Derived
- Modern Art is being used to index me. Surely it was a source but photographers have influenced Modern Art quite as deeply as they have… All
- When money enters in - then, for a price, I become a liar - and a good one I can be whether with pencil or… All
- for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that nature is crude… Arrangement
- Photography, not soft gutless painting, is best equipped to bore into the spirit of today. Best
- My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea, even switch me to… Cameras
- I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach. Approach
- Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with… Accurately