Felt Quote by Henry Holmes Smith

The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a sensible man…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The first merit of pictures is the effect they produce on the mind; and the first step of a sensible man should be to…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling.

— David Burnett

You can also see sometimes that the best pictures are the ones where you didn't try so hard, where you were just enjoying the…

— John Sexton

It is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph.

— Robert Frank

Knowing a great deal about what is in the world art, catastrophe, the beauties of nature through photographic images, people are frequently disappointed, surprised,…

— Susan Sontag

The camera is as subjective as we are.

— Bertrand Russell

I think the first picture taken is often the best one.

— Carine Roitfeld

The reasons why images are so primal and people immediately relate to it is that we are exquisitely engineered to interpret information that is…

— Carolyn Porco

Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working in an undeniably subjective way. By his choice of technical approach, by…

— W. Eugene Smith

Photography is, first of all, a way of seeing.

— Susan Sontag

Emotion or feeling is really the only thing about pictures I find interesting. Beyond that is is just a trick.

— Christopher Anderson