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Charles Sheeler Quotes

Photography is nature seen from the eyes outward, painting from the eyes inward. Photography records inalterably the single image, while painting records a plurality of images willfully directed by the artist.

Photography is nature seen from the eyes outward, painting from the eyes inward. Photography records inalterably the single image, while painting records a plurality of images willfully directed by the artist.

Charles Sheeler
Photography, Eye, Artist
Charles Sheeler (1968). “Charles Sheeler: Essays by Martin Friedman, Bartlett Hayes [and] Charles Millard”

Photography is nature seen from the eyes outwards. Painting is nature seen from the eyes inwards.

Charles Sheeler
Photography, Eye, Painting
Charles Sheeler (1968). “Charles Sheeler: Essays by Martin Friedman, Bartlett Hayes [and] Charles Millard”

Every age manifests itself by some external evidence. In a period such as ours when only a comparatively few individuals seem to be given to religion, some form other than the Gothic cathedral must be found. Industry concerns the greatest numbers-it may be true, as has been said, that our factories are our substitute for religious expression.

Charles Sheeler
Religious, Expression, Numbers
Charles Brock, Charles Sheeler, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Art Institute of Chicago, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum (2006). “Charles Sheeler: across media”, University of California Press

I favor a picture which arrives at its destination without the evidence of a trying journey rather than one which shows the marks of battle.

Charles Sheeler
Journey, Battle, Trying
Charles Brock, Charles Sheeler, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Art Institute of Chicago, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum (2006). “Charles Sheeler: across media”, University of California Press

Isn't it amazing how photography has advanced without improving.

Charles Sheeler
Photography, Improving

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