Half Quote by Nobuyoshi Araki

A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware that they…

— Ruth Bernhard

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

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.

— Eve Arnold

You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography.

— David Hurn

A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.

— John Szarkowski

No photographer should be blamed when, instead of capturing reality, he tries to show things he has seen only in his imagination. Photography is…

— Philippe Halsman

No photographer is better than the simplest of cameras

— Edward Weston

You know, you have to be an optimist, a pessimist, sarcastic and pleasant all at the same time to be a photographer.

— Rondal Partridge

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you…

— Eve Arnold

I think the important decision for a photographer is to choose a subject that intensely interests him or her.

— Berenice Abbott

It's quite difficult to write about photography as a photographer. A lot of better photographers than me have declined to do it.

— Stuart Franklin

A photographer without imagination is not a good photographer.

— Graciela Iturbide