“And strange it is / That nature must compel us to lament / Our most persisted deeds.”
“Butterflies are self propelled flowers.”
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly, may light upon you.”
“In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.”
“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
“Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious.”
“A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.”
“Caress the detail , the divine detail.”
“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.”
“Photography , alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.”
“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.”
“Photography , as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.”
“I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.”
“Light makes photography . Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography .”
“Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.”
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”
“Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.”
“the earth laughs in flowers”
“See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.”
“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.”
“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.”
“Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.”
“Available light is any damn light that is available!”
“Avoid making a commotion, just as you wouldn't stir up the water before fishing. Don't use a flash out of respect for the natural lighting.”
“Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.”
“You don't take a photograph, you make it.”
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
“To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.”
“Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.”
“To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.”
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the Palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.”
“To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures. Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.”
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”
“There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast . Nothing exists in itself.”
“Earth's liquid jewelry, wrought of air.”