Mediocrity Quote by Ernst Lubitsch

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I do not see in what manner practice alone can be sufficient for the production of correct, excellent, and finished pictures. Works deserving this…

— Joshua Reynolds

The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal…

— Bill Brandt

A photographer's best work is, alas, generally done for himself.

— John Szarkowski

When a photographer masters the tools and processes of the art, then the quality of the work is only limited by his creative vision.

— Edward Weston

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

— Jock Sturges

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not…

— Vaclav Havel

First of all, I appropriate photographs.In presenting the Richard Prince photograph I tried to be as neutral as I could be. I put down…

— Sam Abell

I suppose I consider my work a kind of picture making.

— Jessica Stockholder

Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.

— Robert Henri

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

— J. D. Salinger

The only things that distinguish the photographer from everybody else are his pictures: they alone are the basis for our special interest in him.…

— Robert Adams