Accomplished Quote by Edward Weston

“To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.”

— Edward Weston

Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

— Edward Weston

Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a…

— Edward Weston

I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.

— Andre Kertesz

For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to catch up…

— Larry Clark

I'm a firm believer that there are no rules in art. Every trajectory is different.

— Jonathan Lethem

Gravity is a law. I respect the law.

— John Pinette

Gravity is a response to geometry.

— Albert Einstein

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

— Jean Racine

Drawing and composition are the same thing.

— John French Sloan

I may juggle the composition, as the strength of a picture is in the composition. Or I may play with the light. But I…

— George Rodger

When I see these primitive effects coming into my pictures subconsciously, even though the perspective may be slightly out, I leave them in if…

— E. J. Hughes