All Robert Adams Quotes
- Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have. Evocative
- When art is defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, you've got a society that's impoverished. Art
- I began making pictures because I wanted to record what supports hope: the untranslatable mystery and beauty of the world. Along the way, however, the… Along
- I thought I was taking pictures of things that I hated. But there was something about these pictures. They were unexpectedly, disconcertingly glorious. Disconcertingly
- My first show at MoMA in New York was pictures of new developments along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. They were housing developments… Along
- The experience of life that you and I have is pretty much a jigsaw puzzle in the box: Day-to-day experiences of disconnected pieces that don't… Box
- You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out.… Artist
- I have asked students at the beginning of their careers, what things of that sort might haunt them – what things they must photograph, things… Asked
- Henry James proposed asking of art three modest and appropriate questions: What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth… Appropriate
- Part of the difficulty in trying to be both an artist and a businessperson is this: You make a picture because you have seen something… Artist
- Philosophy can forsake too easily the details of experience… many writers and painters have demonstrated that thinking long about what art is or ought to… Art
- Are there grounds now and then for an unironic smile? Funny
- The word beauty is unavoidable … it accounts for my decision to photograph … There appeared a quality, beauty seemed the only appropriate word for… Accounts
- Dive into your heart center. Sit in the silence. Desire self-realization with all your heart, with all your mind, and all your soul. Everything will… All
- What we hope for from the artist is help in discovering the significance of a place. In this sense we would choose in most respects… Artist
- The history of art is filled with people who did not live long enough to enjoy a sympathetic public, and their misery argues that criticism… Argues
- All land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty. Absolutely
- The secret to peace-of-mind is to not identify with anything other than your true self. Identify