Quote – Ansel Adams
“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.”
- Ansel Adams talking about the artist’s eye, patience and skill makes an image, and not his tools (a friendly reminder to techno-freaks)
Quote: Ansel Adams – on creation time and effort
“I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching – there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which [...]
Quote: Ansel Adams – on defining great art
“There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.”
Ansel Adams, Photographs by Wings Books
Quote: Ansel Adams – on expressing feelings
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silent.”
- Ansel Adams, F64 group
Quote: Ken Rockwell – on good photographers
“Why is it that photographers loaded with the most extraordinary gear who use the internet to get the exact GPS coordinates of Jack’s or Ansel’s photo locations and hike out there with the image in hand to ensure an exact copy (illegal by US copyright laws and common decency), that they get something that might [...]
