Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'. Minor White More Quotes by Minor White More Quotes From Minor White One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are. Minor White photographphotographershould When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously. Minor White camerasphotographyphotographer One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is. Minor White photographdoe No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen. Minor White photographymatterlong When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence. Minor White essenceattentionfirsts All photographs are self-portraits. Minor White portraitsphotographerself I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice. Minor White photographyphotographerpractice At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us. Minor White photographyphotographerfirsts Photography is a language more universal than words. Minor White languagephotographyphotographer Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Minor White photographyphotographerattention Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts. Minor White photographyhearttravel Sometimes we work so fast that we don't really understand what's going on in front of the camera. We just kind of sense that, 'Oh my God, it's significant!' and photograph impulsively while trying to get the exposure right. Exposure occupies my mind while intuition frames the images. Minor White intuitionmindtrying Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera. Minor White camerasphotographphotography If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me. Minor White photographyrunningmean The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself. Minor White artistdiscoverymean ...insight, vision, moments of revelation. During those rare moments something overtakes the man and he becomes the tool of a greater Force; the servant of, willing or unwilling depending on his degree of awakeness. The photograph, then, is a message more than a mirror, and the mans a messenger who happens to be a photographer. Minor White visionmirrorsmen There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made. Minor White photographyclassthinking When I look at pictures I have made, I have forgotten what I saw in front of the camera and respond only to what I am seeing in the photographs. Minor White sawscameraslooks ...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder. Minor White eyemeanchildren Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass - sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out. Minor White sometimeswaymoving
