Ansel Adams Quotes - Page 5

All art is the expression of one and the same thing- the relation of the spirit of man to the spirit of other men and to the world.

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.

Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.

My last word s that it all depends on what you visualize.

It is increasingly clear to me that my art relates more and more to a sublimation of my closeness to the natural world, it's events, light itself, and the positive it is a personal expression based on observation and reaction, that I am not able to define except in terms of the work itself.

All art is a vision penetrating the illusions of reality, and photography is one form of this vision and revelation.

Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural beauty and wonder surrounding him.

The technique of 35mm photography appears simple. One is beguiled by the quick viewing and operation, and by the very questionable inclination to make many pictures with the hope that some will be good.

The great rocks of Yosemite, expressing qualities of timeless yet intimate grandeur, are the most compelling formations of their kind. We should not casually pass them by, for they are the very heart of the earth speaking to us.

The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.

I respect everything in change and the solemn beauty of life and death... and therefore, while man is amidst the immense beauty of objective bodies, he must possess the capacity of self-perfection and must observe and represent his world with full confidence.

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me.

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.

If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire.

For me the future of the image is going to be in electronic form... You will see perfectly beautiful images on an electronic screen. And Id say that would be very handsome. They would be almost as close as the best reproductions.

I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form!

Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as complete as many imagine.

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

Notebook. No photographer should be without one!

The skies and land are so enormous, and the detail so precise and exquisite that wherever you are you are isolated in a glowing world between the macro and the micro.

I know some photographs that are extraodrinary in their power and conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial power or subject; the concept and statement must be quite convincing in themselves to win over a dramatic and compelling subject situation.

I usually have an immediate recognition of the potential image, and I have found that too much concern about matters such as conventional composition may take the edge off the first inclusive reaction.