Art Quote by Edward Steichen

Photography starts with the projection of the photographer, his understanding of life and himself into the picture.

— Lisette Model

In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In the fulfillment…

— Edward Weston

The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is…

— Edward Weston

It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should…

— David Hurn

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

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

In photography we must learn to seek, not the 'picture,' not the aesthetic of tradition, but the ideal instrument of expression, the self-sufficient vehicle…

— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

The function of the photographer is to help people understand the world around them.

— Sid Grossman

The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better.

— Minor White

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself.

— Minor White

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he…

— Alexey Brodovitch