Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love. Alfred Sisley

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. Ansel Adams

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words.

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words. Elliott Erwitt

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. Henri Cartier-Bresson

A good photograph is knowing where to stand. Ansel Adams

You don't take a photograph, you make it. Ansel Adams

The picture that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality. Scott Lorenzo

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. Dorothea Lange

In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated. August Sander

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them. Diane Arbus

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. Marc Riboud

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. Diane Arbus

What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.

What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. Karl Lagerfeld

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Fred R. Barnard

Photography is the story I fail to put into words. Destin Sparks

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do. Andy Warhol

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