Laura Gilpin Professions : Photographer Born : April 22, 1891 Died : November 30, 1979 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Laura Gilpin A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself. Laura Gilpin rain memorable moving The greatest tool at our command is the very thing that is photography. Light. Light is our paintbrush and it is a most willing tool in the hands of the one who studies it with a sufficient care. Laura Gilpin light photography hands What patients want is not rocket science, which is really unfortunate because if it were rocket science, we would be doing it. We are great at rocket science. We love rocket science. What we’re not good at are the things that are so simple and basic that we overlook them. Laura Gilpin simple would-be want Much earnest philosphical thought is born of the life which springs from close association with nature. Laura Gilpin nature association spring A river finds its course with sureness, pushing aside whatever surface matter lies in its way, and as it gathers volume and resulting strength, nothing can withstand its progress. It carves canyons, moves great boulders, erodes the soil, moving insistently onward in its surging need to reach its final goal - the ocean. Laura Gilpin ocean lying moving The romance of the old West vanished so fast and so few ever did anything with it. Does it make you realize the importance of Art and how the main knowledge of history is through Art alone? Laura Gilpin romance doe art The photographer can arrange his picture just as the painter does, only sometimes he must go about it in a different way. Laura Gilpin different doe way I live a lonely photographic life here in Santa Fe. I do see Eliot Porter occasionally, and Ansel storms through every so often, otherwise I plug along in my old fashioned way. Laura Gilpin santa-fe storm lonely Light is one of the most important factors in photography. Laura Gilpin important light photography It's too bad patient-centered care is not rocket science, because if it was, we would be really good at it. Laura Gilpin rockets care would-be Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
