Beauty Quote by Edward Steichen

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face.

— Edward Steichen

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

— Edward Steichen

Through a portrait, we can potentially see everything — the history and depth of a person's life, as well as evidence of a primal…

— Joyce Tenneson

More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it…

— Beaumont Newhall

Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history.

— Cornell Capa

“Photography is a magical kind of art that allows people to preserve time and moments, and to describe the world the way they see…

— Sahara Sanders

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

— Clarence John Laughlin

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.

— Edward Steichen

The purpose of photography is to create an emotion about the world through what has been carefully seen and selected.

— Eli Siegel

Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure. If man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand, surely to a certain…

— Harry Callahan

Photography is thus brought within reach of every human being who desires to preserve a record of what he sees… and enables the fortunate…

— George Eastman

Photography's central sense of purpose and aesthetic: the precise and lucid description of significant fact.

— John Szarkowski