Ansel Adams

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

art


Ansel Adams

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

art


Ansel Adams

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

art


Ansel Adams

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

art


Ansel Adams

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.

art


Ansel Adams

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

communication


Ansel Adams

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

environmental


Ansel Adams

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.

experience


Ansel Adams

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

god


Ansel Adams

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.

god


Ansel Adams

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

good


Ansel Adams

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

good


Ansel Adams

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

government


Ansel Adams

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

great


Ansel Adams

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.

history


Ansel Adams

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

men


Ansel Adams

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

men


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