Courage Quote by Daphne du Maurier

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie.…

— Walter J. Phillips

I have always tried to keep truth in my photographs. My work, whether realistic or abstract, has always dealt with a form of religion…

— Ralph Eugene Meatyard

When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to…

— Anais Nin

There is no truth in photography. One can't reproduce an absolute truth. That said, I don't see [my photographs] as being any less truthful…

— Taryn Simon

However much [photographs] may lie, they do so with the raw materials of truth.

— Wright Morris

And one has to remember that no photography can pretend to show the truth. A picture only shows a given situation under a very…

— Antoine D'Agata

To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.

— Socrates

The only objective truth that photographs offer is the assertion that somebody or something... was somewhere and took a picture.

— Allan Sekula

I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere…

— Lucian Freud

Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally…

— Barbara Kruger

My dad used to open up photo albums and stuff and you'd have to tell a story about the picture but you couldn't tell…

— Sara Quin

I began realizing that it wasn't important for me to concern myself with the perception of truth.

— Justin Vernon