Composition Quote by Lola Alvarez Bravo

Don't get me wrong-painting's all right. But now that we have photography, what's the point?

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I love painting. As far as photography is concerned, I understand nothing.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.

— Elliott Erwitt

Being a photographer is making people look at what I want them to look at.

— Ruth Orkin

Photography allows you to learn to look and see. You begin to see things you'd never paid attention to.

— Saul Leiter

To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them…

— Kim Weston

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things.…

— David Bailey

At 42, I decided to become a photographer because it offered a means of creative thought and action. I didn't rationalize this, I just…

— Wynn Bullock

One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself.…

— Carl Mydans

At forty-two I decided to become a photographer because it offered a means of creative thought and action. I didn't rationalize this, I just…

— Wynn Bullock

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

— Cindy Sherman

I had no idea how I wanted to get into photography, but I just knew I wanted to do it.

— Daniel Berehulak