All Minor White Quotes
- While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at… Acts
- One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are. Inspirational
- Camera and eye are together a time machine with which the mind and human being can do the same kind of violence to time and… Camera
- The reason why we want to remember an image varies: because we simply 'love it,' or dislike it so intensely that it becomes compulsive, or… Becomes
- If I have anything to give you through camera, it must be of myself. … A gnawing burns inside … to make something of myself… Burns
- When I look at pictures I have made, I have forgotten what I saw in front of the camera and respond only to what I… Camera
- Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or no… Afterwards
- Some of the young photographers today enter photography where I leave off. My "grandchildren" astound me. What I worked for they seem to be born… Affirmation
- One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is. Doe
- In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis. Active
- A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's… Conceives
- ...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it… Acknowledgment
- Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits. Accused
- When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a… Each
- I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So I conclude that… Been
- No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen. Always Stands
- Be still with yourself Until the object of your attention Affirms your presence Let the Subject generate its own Composition When the image mirrors the… Affirms