Creativity Quote by David Bailey

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you…

— Eve Arnold

You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself.…

— Carl Mydans

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their…

— Patti Smith

I never had any intention nor interest in being an artist, but when I made work I realized that this was my language. What…

— Paul Rusconi

To be a photographer is to become aware of visible appearances and at the same time acquire from them an education in individual and…

— Raoul Hausmann

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.

— Eve Arnold

You know, you have to be an optimist, a pessimist, sarcastic and pleasant all at the same time to be a photographer.

— Rondal Partridge

Though many painters and sculptors talk glibly of "going in for photography," you will find that very few of them can ever make a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Traditionally, photography has dealt with recording the world as it is found. Before photography appeared the fine artists of the time, the painters and…

— Ralph Gibson

If you're a photographer, you end up being the raw creative force that allows other people to see what kind of narrative you want…

— Cole Sprouse

The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is only…

— David Hurn