Asks Quote by W. J. T. Mitchell

Find the most puzzling kind of art you can think of, and then go out and try to approximate it with your camera. Take…

— John Baldessari

The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.

— Frank Bruno

“Taking a picture is like giving a piece of your soul away. You allow other people to see the world through your eyes.”

— Katja Michael

Sometimes I think I disguise myself as a teacher in order to make the pictures I need to see.

— Wendy Ewald

“Use your imagination," I tell my students these days, "or someone else is going to use it for you.”

— Ronald Sukenick

“One of the most magical things about photography happens when you place one picture next to another picture to create new meanings.”

— Todd Hido

“Making the pictures ridiculous is what enables you to really see them; a logical picture is usually too vague.”

— Harry Lorayne

I used to jokingly say, "I don't teach art. I'm an art doctor." Students come to me and say, "My art's sick," and we…

— John Baldessari

“Most human beings are, unfortunately, ugly enough without putting glasses upon them, and to disfigure any of the really beautiful faces that we have…

— William H. Bates

“the students with their clear skin and shining eyes and inviting innocence, like a blank surface one wishes to scribble obscenities on.”

— Adam Begley

Despite the illusion of giving understanding, what seeing through photographs really invites is an acquisitive relation to the world that nourishes aesthetic awareness and…

— Susan Sontag

“Sometimes you look at a photo, no story comes to your mind, sometimes you look at another photo, lots of stories fly in your…

— Mehmet Murat ildan