Quotes of Photo - somelinesforyou

“ There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. ”

- Richard Avedon

“ My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen — no retouching, no shadows, no flattery — just stark me. ”

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“ My photographs don't do me justice — they just look like me. ”

- Phyllis Diller

“ I could flatter myself in thinking our photographs brought Roosevelt in in '36 overwhelmingly. But beyond that you can't measure it. ”

- Ben Shahn

“ I always say that I don't want to be sentimental, that the photographs shouldn't be sentimental, and yet, I am conscious of my sentimentality. ”

- Robert Frank

“ All photographs are memento mori. ”

- Susan Sontag

“ To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things. ”

- Ansel Adams

“ A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. ”

- Ansel Adams

“ A good photograph is knowing where to stand. ”

- Ansel Adams

“ We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium. ”

- Ansel Adams

“ A father is a guy who has snapshots where his money sued to be. ”

- Unknown

“ My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport. ”

- Steve McCurry

“ If you're going to be sexy in a photo, you'd better be thinking about sex rather than about being sexy. ”

- Peta Wilson

“ All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this — as in other ways — they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it. ”

- John Berger

“ I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved ideologically in photography - that I arranged an exhibition at the College Art Association. The first exhibition I picked the photographs and so on and we had an exhibition in New York. ”

- Ben Shahn

“ There were a lot of people that contributed to my success as a person as well as a player. Without those people, I wouldn't be sitting in the position that I'm sitting in today. I think that it's extremely important for people to realize all of the things that other people do for them. ”

- Alonzo Mourning

“ No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want. ”

- Ken Rockwell

“ At least the box is full of something useful. ”

- Avery Brooks

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

- Ansel Adams

“ I HAVE grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up! ”

- Jenny Agutter

“ I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op. ”

- William Baldwin

“ A person is neither whole nor healthy without the memories of photo albums. They are the storybook of our lives. They provide a nostalgic escape from the tormented days of the present. ”

- Patrick Garry

“ I take a lot of photos of people. ”

- Heath Ledger

“ I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room. ”

- Bill Nye

“ There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. ”

- Michael Phelps

“ I see myself on the cover of a magazine and I don't think that it looks like me at all. My first-ever photo shoot was for the cover of a lads' magazine. ”

- Elize Du Toit

“ There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ”

- Ansel Adams

“ A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. ”

- Ansel Adams

“ I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them. ”

- Diane Arbus

“ There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. ”

- William Hazlitt
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