The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. Ansel Adams More Quotes by Ansel Adams More Quotes From Ansel Adams There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. Ansel Adams camerasphotographyphotographer Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not only a condition of nature, but a state of mind and mood and heart. It cannot be confined to the museum-case status—seen only as a passing diorama from superlative throughways. Ansel Adams dreamheartpast Ask yourself, 'Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?' Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful. Ansel Adams growingfeelingsmeaningful In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. Ansel Adams photographywisdomlife I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music. Ansel Adams sometimeslooksart A good photograph is knowing where to stand. Ansel Adams photographyphotographerknowing Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment. Ansel Adams landscapephotographydisappointment There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of chaos. You make a formal statement where there was none to begin with. All art is a combination of an external event and an internal event… I make a photograph to give you the equivalent of what I felt. Equivalent is still the best word. Ansel Adams eventsgivingart There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. Ansel Adams creativityphotographyinspirational A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. Ansel Adams digital-photographyphotographyphotographer There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. Ansel Adams photographyignoranceart The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results. Ansel Adams machinesgunphotography Art is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. It is the recreation on another plane of the realities of the world; the tragic and wonderful realities of earth and men, and of all the inter-relations of these. Ansel Adams menrealityart You don't take a photograph, you make it. Ansel Adams photographyinspirationalart I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds. Ansel Adams starssoulheart Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation. Ansel Adams photographerspiritreality I never know in advance what I will photograph,...I Go Out into the World and Hope I Will come across something that Imperatively interests me. I Am Addicted to the Found object. I have No doubt that I Will Continue to make Photographs till my last Breath. Ansel Adams found-objectsdoubtworld To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print. Ansel Adams finalsphotographymind No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. Ansel Adams confidencecreativitymen A photograph is not an accident - is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative. Ansel Adams momentsphotographynegative
