Artist Quote by Louis Aragon

What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality.

— Ruth Bernhard

All we did was to turn back the time to a photography of precision which is superior to the human eye.

— Bernd Becher

Let's face it, the human eye is clumsy, sloppy, and unintelligible when compared to the camera's eye.

— Robert Smithson

Photography works upon the human eye: what is seen is reflected in the brain without the need for complicated thought. In this way the…

— Willi Munzenberg

What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera (the lens) notes with relentless fidelity.

— Berenice Abbott

Let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God.

— Herman Melville

Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time.

— Michael Kenna

The human eyelid is not teartight (happily for the human eye).

— Samuel Beckett

...through this photographic eye you will be able to look out on a new light-world, a world for the most part uncharted and unexplored,…

— Edward Weston

The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.

— Richard K. Morgan

“Under optimum conditions the human eye can detect a candle at a distance of fifteen miles.”

— Paul W. Brand

“The human eye is a wonderful device,” I quoted from Poems and Other Prevarications absently. “With a little effort, it can fail to see…

— Richard K. Morgan