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The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them. — Helmut Newton
But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover this,… — Bill Brandt
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
As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who are following photography for the… — Alfred Stieglitz
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
Well, I do think, particularly the way I work, the better images occur when you're moving to the fringes of your own understanding. That's where… — Jerry Uelsmann
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
I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction… — Elliott Erwitt
I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work.… — Edward Weston
It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his pictures.… — Bill Brandt
But there is more to a fine photograph than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses the curiosity of the viewer… — Sam Abell
As great a picture can be made as one's mental capacity-no greater. Art cannot be taught; it must be self-inspiration, though the imagination may be… — Edward Weston
For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of… — Ruth Bernhard
Outstanding past work in photography, and in fact in all the arts, is very important to today's photographers. But it should be used for inspiration… — Alexey Brodovitch
The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work. — Wanda Landowska
Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post… — Max Euwe
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to… — Mikhail Botvinnik
Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely. — Johnny Weissmuller
The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the… — Albert Einstein
Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and… — Mark Twain
The reason to preserve wilderness is that we need it. We need wilderness of all kinds, large and small, public and private. Wee need to… — Wendell Berry
There are endless ways to amuse oneself and be idle, and most of them lie outside the woods. I assume that when a man goes… — Wendell Berry
A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before… — Mahatma Gandhi
Why should a novelist not also be a historian? To force unnatural divisions within the English language is to work against its capacious and accommodating… — Peter Ackroyd

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