Amusement Quote by George Santayana

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

— Tony Benn

Photographing is an emotional thing, a graceful thing. Photography allows me to wander with a purpose.

— Leonard Freed

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

It is a nostalgic time right now, and photographs actively promote nostalgia. Photography is an elegiac art, a twilight art. Most subjects photographed are,…

— Susan Sontag

Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy…

— Eliot Porter

The one thing that is always clear in my mind is that the people, and their stories, and the themes of life that I…

— Peter Turnley

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.

— Ansel Adams

There are many aspects about what and why we photograph: visual pleasure, personal empathy, intellectual stimulation, technical excellence, etc. Serious photographers and artists will…

— Michael Kenna

There is something beautiful about photography; it allows the self to be reunited with the world.

— Luc Delahaye

It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.

— Elliott Erwitt

There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed…

— Albert Renger-Patzsch