Subject Quotes

2685 Subject quotes by 1904 unique authors

My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit the subject. Develop… — William Zinsser
When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood carver's gouge, a surgeon's probe.… — Annie Dillard
You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved. — Tracy Kidder
Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly-about any subject at all. — William Zinsser
Your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent, does… — Kurt Vonnegut
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards
A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
A man who knows a subject thoroughly, a man so soaked in it that he eats it, sleeps it and dreams it- this man can… — H. L. Mencken
Looking and seeing are two different things. What matters is the relationship with the subject. — Christophe Agou
Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject. — Eliot Porter
I think you reveal yourself by what you choose to photograph, but I prefer photographs that tell more about the subject. There's nothing much interesting… — Mary Ellen Mark
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes… — Berenice Abbott
Give half a dozen men the same camera, lenses and plates, and send them to the same place to do the same thing, and all… — Frederick H. Evans
I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in… — Bill Brandt
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
It's nothing but a matter of seeing, thinking, and interest. That's what makes a good photograph. And then rejecting anything that would be bad for… — Andreas Feininger
To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible. — Edward Weston
When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to… — Edward Weston
A portrait photographer depends upon another person to complete his picture. The subject imagined, which in a sense is me, must be discovered in someone… — Richard Avedon
"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me… — Ansel Adams
The first picture of his I ever saw was during a lecture at the Rhyl camera club. I was 16 and the speaker was Emrys… — Philip Jones Griffiths
If there is any method in the way I take pictures, I believe it lies in this: See the subject first. Do not try to… — Bill Brandt
To see color as form means looking at the image in a new way, trying to free oneself from absorption in subject matter. — Unknown Author
The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the… — Margaret Bourke-White
I like to think of photographing as a two-way act of respect. Respect for the medium, by letting it do what it does best, describe.… — Garry Winogrand

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