Art Quote by Sam Abell

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

— Sam Abell

I did it once, and National Geographic recruited me. I did it primarily out of curiosity. A lot of legendary photographers had worked on…

— Sam Abell

I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended, to me,…

— Sam Abell

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

— Sam Abell

A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.

— Sam Abell

I have this awareness that the more dynamic the situation is, the more on guard I need to be that the dynamic isn't controlling…

— Sam Abell

What I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime.

— Sam Abell

Essentially what photography is is life lit up.

— Sam Abell

Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of…

— Sam Abell

Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.

— Sam Abell

I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become…

— Sam Abell

That statement [ Stephen Ambrose:'You, Sam, have the hardest job, which is, pretend like nothing has happened in the last 200 years.'] woke me…

— Sam Abell