Eliot Porter Quotes
- The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.
- Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy human…
- Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.
- You learn to see by practice. It's Just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look around at things,…
- Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a…
- Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is…
- I don't think it's necessary to put your feelings about photography in words. I've read things that photographers have written for exhibitions and so forth…
- I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be…
- But before all else a work of art is the creation of love. Love for the subject first and for the medium second. Love is…
- My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature.
- Much is missed if we have eyes only for the bright colors. Nature should be viewed without distinction... She makes no choice herself; everything that…