Architect Quote by Clarence John Laughlin

In old grimy streets, in isolated and decaying houses, sometimes far from the Vieux Carre, in little used and secluded cemeteries, there still sluggishly…

— Clarence John Laughlin

As a whole, I am interested in the symbolic, rather than the literal use of the camera.

— Clarence John Laughlin

It therefore should be possible for even the photographer - just as for the creative poet or painter - to use the object as…

— Clarence John Laughlin

... dissatisfaction with one's self and dissatisfaction with the world - is necessary - it is one of the prime things that keeps the…

— Clarence John Laughlin

There is nothing, under present conditions, that can be more easily and exactly reproduced than a technically good black-and-white photograph, and it is utter…

— Clarence John Laughlin

Photography is one of the most authentic and integral modes of expression possible in this world in which we live.

— Clarence John Laughlin

Let us see as steadily and completely as possible the realities of our age: the wasted lives, the scattered and misused resources (human and…

— Clarence John Laughlin

“In our society most of us wear protective masks (psychological ones) of various kinds, and for various reasons. Very often, the end result is…

— Clarence John Laughlin

The mystery of light [and] the enigma of time form the twin pivots around which all my work revolves. In addition... my work attempts…

— Clarence John Laughlin

One of my basic feelings is that the mind, and the heart alike, of the photographer must be dedicated to the glory, the magic,…

— Clarence John Laughlin

In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the…

— Clarence John Laughlin

Everything that I see must become personal; otherwise, it is dead and mechanical. Our only chance to escape the blight of mechanization, of acting…

— Clarence John Laughlin