Darkroom Quote by John Sexton

I really love printmaking. It’s like a mystery and you’re trying to figure out how to rein it in.

— Kiki Smith

The thing that was most interesting to me was getting my first prints back from the printer and realizing photography doesn't end with the…

— Bryan Adams

Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final print captivates…

— Michael Kenna

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

— Christian Marclay

I enjoy the art, and I enjoy drawing. I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic…

— Nathan Fillion

I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

I think if you took away all the designers and automated the process tomorrow, the end result would be really, really dissatisfying and disturbing…

— Khoi Vinh

Nowadays, with digital printing, it’s so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are really what…

— Cindy Sherman

Printing demands a humility of mind, for the lack of which many of the fine arts are even now floundering in self-conscious and maudlin…

— Beatrice Warde

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout…

— Jimmy Wales

I think one of the aspects of photography that remains for me is I find the process still frustrating. The counter to that is…

— John Sexton

I love the journeys of research and discovery their development takes me on. I see prints as less 'decorative' than many might, and more…

— Dries van Noten