on photography

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein

“It is not what I see outside that makes my images, it is what I feel on the inside that comes out.” - Carolyn M D’Alessandro

“What uses having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?” - W. Eugene Smith

“The camera doesn’t make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.” - Ernst Haas

“Photography is not about cameras, gadgets and gizmos. Photography is about photographers. A camera didn’t make a great picture any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel.” - Peter Adams

“Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I’m not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson

“Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.” - Jean Sibelius

“There is no such thing as a perfect image, only a perfect moment.” - Joe Buissink

“If you obey all the rules, you’ll miss all the fun.” - Katherine Hepburn

“Give a soul to your Photography, it will give a purpose to your Art.” - Artisan de l’Image (1957-????)

“A camera has interesting ideas of its own.” - John Szarkowski