Burning Quote by Janet Malcolm

I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love it. Arnold Newman is a good example; he is…

— John Sexton

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.

— David Bailey

True, there are photographers who are failed artists, but so are most artists.

— Bill Jay

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

— Philippe Halsman

There are a lot of photographers who have influenced me; some of the great ones, like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, and [Alfred] Stieglitz. I…

— Leonard Nimoy

A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.

— John Szarkowski

A few photographers make a killing; the rest can't make a living.

— Bill Jay

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

— John Szarkowski

The over-reliance on photography holds so many artists back.

— Jacob Collins

Photographers, you will never become artists. All you are is mere copiers.

— Charles Baudelaire

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers.

— Charlotte Cotton

I admire photographers who can take much more ordinarily subject matter and make it transcend that ordinariness, so that it becomes something else fresh…

— Andy Summers