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“Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'.”

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When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave…

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In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis.

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Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

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Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass - sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out.

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Before he has seen the whole, how unusually perceptive and imaginative the person must be to evolve the entire sequence by meditating on its…

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Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera.

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We could teach photography as a way to make a living, and best of all, somehow to get students to experience for themselves photography…

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At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.

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A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a…

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I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and…

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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.

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Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these…

William Bernbach

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Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds

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Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

Swami Vivekananda

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As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to…

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For comedy action, I must know the language.

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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…

Thomas Jefferson

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