Famous quotes by Photographers

Small: Its silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease
"It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: I dont resent anything
"I don't resent anything"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. Im older than Ansel and he has to mind me
"When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket
"I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: I dont talk about success. I dont know what it is. Wait until Im dead
"I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of a
"The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding"
Edward Steichen, Photographer
Small: When you do portraits professionally its not a desire, its for money
"When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men
"I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: I dont love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us
"I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph
"I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: A woman said to me when she first sat down, Youre photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is ther
"A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recog
"When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself"
Edward Steichen, Photographer
Small: A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made
"A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made"
Edward Steichen, Photographer
Small: There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself.
"There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism"
Edward Steichen, Photographer
Small: Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare
"Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
Small: I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of th
"I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
Small: To make pictures big is to make them more powerful
Robert Mapplethorpe
"To make pictures big is to make them more powerful"
Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer
Small: It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own ri
"It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
Small: A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject o
"A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
Small: Well, now Im an old photographer and I still dont sell
"Well, now I'm an old photographer and I still don't sell"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I dont get it
Robert Mapplethorpe
"This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it"
Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer
Small: To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and
"To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules
"The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: The gallery is generating work for the masses
"The gallery is generating work for the masses"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: The darkroom is just the means to an end
"The darkroom is just the means to an end"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: Thats not to say that some day I wont go outside again, but Im having a great time working on this process
"That's not to say that some day I won't go outside again, but I'm having a great time working on this process"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I dont think I would get the same thing out of it.
"No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing
"My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: My son does a little photography, but hes not involved the way I was
"My son does a little photography, but he's not involved the way I was"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: It doesnt matter what you do, as long as youre fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the pro
"It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the process than the finished product. My photographs are stories of the process"
Kim Weston, Photographer