Famous quotes by Photographers

"As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

Andres Serrano

"As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs"

Sam Abell, Photographer

"I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love"

Robert Frank, Photographer

"Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay"

Sam Abell, Photographer

"When Paul was arrested in Japan for having hash in his luggage, I thought he'd be out that night. But it became really serious stuff when he was kept in a cell. I became more fearful as the days went by"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"I would travel only by horse if I had the choice"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"He is a terrible planner, though. So am I"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence"

Man Ray, Photographer

"I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a darkroom, but that didn't stop me from photographing"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"Get it out of your historic head"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information"

Man Ray, Photographer

"My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"I hate big models"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be"

Edward Weston, Photographer

"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk"

Edward Weston, Photographer

"There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... Only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me"

Edward Weston, Photographer

"Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately"

Edward Weston, Photographer

"It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long"

Walker Evans, Photographer

"One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today, now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO, if we don't change our system of fishing, the main sea resources will be gone in 2050. We don't want to believe what we know"

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Photographer

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

"My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it"

Sam Abell, Photographer

"We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"We moved there a year ago, just as a weekend place. Then we decided to move out of London completely. We will eventually have to work it out a bit more, because you can't have a little boy living with his sisters like that, can you? But we like the idea of closeness"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"We have lasted this long, close together, so we must have something going for each other"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"I would like them all to enjoy life and try different things until there is something they really like"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

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