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I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words… — Maurice Sendak
Intellectually, perspective [drawing] is a breakthrough, because here, for the first time, the physical space we live in is being depicted as ifit were an… — Rudy Rucker
You just have to live and life will give you pictures. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising them.… — Elliott Erwitt
I don't want anyone to appreciate the light or the palette of tones. I want my pictures to inform, to provoke discussion - and to… — Sebastiao Salgado
Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures. — Helmut Newton
I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the… — William Albert Allard
I guess I've shot about 40,000 negatives and of these I have about 800 pictures I like. — Harry Callahan
I really don't have any idea about photography, but I take pictures. — Alex Majoli
Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity; be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success;don't… — Ralph Steiner
It fascinates me that there is a variety of feeling about what I do. I'm not a premeditative photographer. I see a picture and I… — Lee Friedlander
Making pictures is a very simple act. There is no great secret in photography...schools are a bunch of crap. You just need practice and application… — Elliott Erwitt
The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world… — Margaret Bourke-White
I was given a small camera as a wedding gift from a very dear friend. My first pictures were taken on my honeymoon. As soon… — Aaron Siskind
My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving… — Sam Abell
And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or… — Sam Abell
Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or that… — Edward Weston
Then I thought, Whoa. If there are no photographs, then there is no history. I'm going to get in there. I'm going to make these… — Joel Meyerowitz
When photographers get beyond copying the achievements of others, or just repeating their own accidental first successes, they learn that they do not know where… — Robert Adams
...I felt that photography ought to start with and remain faithful to the appearance of the world, and in so doing record contradictions. The greatest… — Robert Adams
Landscape pictures can offer us, I think, three verities: geography, autobiography, and metaphor. Geography is, if taken alone, sometimes boring, autobiography is frequently trivial, and… — Robert Adams
I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the time… — David Hurn
We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day. We… — Joe McNally
There's no great mystique to photography. A lot of photographers like to put their hands up to their forehead and tell you how they've suffered… — Elliott Erwitt
The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to be emotional. Little… — Elliott Erwitt

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