Classic Quote by Robert Hamer

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

— Stephen Chbosky

The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos,…

— Raymond Chandler

If you finish like a photograph, on the other hand, the picture has as much personality as a photograph.

— Emile Gruppe

The thing itself photographed becomes less interesting when you go back to it years later but I think the photograph becomes more important later…

— George A Tice

Most of the time the ones who dislike the pictures the most confirm to me that the picture has hit home and is probably…

— Irving Penn

Minute and elaborately finished pictures never strongly impress the mind, and are but mere curiosities to gratify persons insensible to higher excellencies.

— Samuel Prout

The majority of photographers still seek artistic effects, imitating other mediums of graphic expression. The result is a hybrid product that does not succeed…

— Tina Modotti

Too many photographers try too hard. They try to lift photography into the realm of Art, because they have an inferiority complex about their…

— Jessie Tarbox Beals

For proper family portraits it's best to stick with classic, timeless looks that will not only be beautiful now but also in 20 years,…

— George Kotsiopoulos

I find the sneeriness about 'selfie-culture' quite boring - I'm excited by young people taking control of their own images and finding out for…

— Naomi Alderman

The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of…

— Alfred Stieglitz

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is…

— Gore Vidal