Art Quote by El Lissitzky

To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes…

— Michael Snow

Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.

— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form!

— Ansel Adams

Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.

— Heinrich Heine

I feel like every piece of art is a mirror of what's going on in the present time, because the artist - a painter,…

— Stacy Martin

If photography is allowed to supplement art in some of its functions, it will soon have supplanted or corrupted it altogether, thanks to the…

— Charles Baudelaire

Art has to be reflective of our society.

— David Zayas

Art is not just about what's great or expensive or scandalous or famous. It's a mirror we hold up that looks different to everyone…

— Michael Kimmelman

The art in photography is literary art before it is anything else: its triumphs and monuments are historical, anecdotal, reportorial, observational before they are…

— Clement Greenberg

Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to…

— Walker Evans

...throughout the history of art it has been art itself - in all its forms - that has inspired art...today's photographs are so geared…

— Van Deren Coke

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

— Conor Oberst