Capitalism Quote by Edward Burtynsky

Sometimes you don't know why you're doing something. You're intuitively following, to see where it leads.

— Edward Burtynsky

Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival…

— Edward Burtynsky

If you look at photojournalism, it's largely driven by current events... always chasing a crisis or disaster. I follow a narrative that is much…

— Edward Burtynsky

I'm of the belief that you pursue your interests, you pull it all in, and you sort it out later.

— Edward Burtynsky

My father was an amateur oil painter, so some of his oil paintings were on our walls. There was one above the piano of…

— Edward Burtynsky

I had to work to put myself through school, so I always worked in the heaviest industries I could find because that's who paid…

— Edward Burtynsky

These landscapes aren't breaking news or necessarily even illegal. These are intentional, purposeful landscapes, whether to extend our cities or build a mine or…

— Edward Burtynsky

Digital photography and Photoshop have made it very easy for people to take pictures. It's a medium that allows a lot of mediocre stuff…

— Edward Burtynsky

No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it's fine. No water - there is no plan b with no water.

— Edward Burtynsky

Wherever you disrupt water from its natural cycle, there's always a winner and a loser. Whoever is the one it's directed towards is the…

— Edward Burtynsky

We have extracted from the land from the moment we stood on two feet. We are working to supply the kinds of materials that…

— Edward Burtynsky

I'm trying to photograph an old offshore oil city that is lying in decay in the Caspian Sea, but I've been having a hard…

— Edward Burtynsky