Category: Quotes

Depth of Feeling

KI Kangaroos

Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.

Peter Adams (d. 2016) was one of the world’s leading travel photographers.


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A Moment Gone Forever

Shadows of a lace curtain on a wall

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

Karl Lagerfeld (1933 – 2019) was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director, best known as the creative power behind the modern revival of Chanel.


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I Will Take My Mind Out of Its Iron Cage

Autumn foliage and red berries

I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim-this fine October.

Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th century modernist authors.


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A Man Is Ethical Only When …

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A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa, who received the 1952 Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts in behalf of “the Brotherhood of Nations.”


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The Pace of Nature

The photo features a close-up of a small snail perched on the edge of a vibrant pink flower petal, an echinacea or coneflower (Echinacea purpurea var. Magnus). The snail's delicate shell and extended tentacles are in sharp focus, contrasting beautifully with the soft, blurred background of green foliage. The flower's rich pink petals radiate outward, creating a striking frame around the snail. The image showcases a shallow depth of field, with the snail and petal edges standing out vividly against the dreamy, out-of-focus surroundings, highlighting the intricate details of both the snail and the flower.
A small snail perched on the edge of a vibrant pink coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) petal

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the New England Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.


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A Photograph Is A Secret

Shadows

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

Diane Arbus (1923 – 1971) was an American photographer best known for her intimate black-and-white portraits. 


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Craft Is the Visible Edge of Art

Autumn Birch

The difference between art and craft lies not in the tools you hold in your hands, but in the mental set that guides them. For the artisan, craft is an end in itself. For you, the artist, craft is the vehicle for expressing your vision. Craft is the visible edge of art.

David Bayles (b. 1952) is an American photographer and author.


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The Inward Significance Of Things

Statue by Carl Milles at Millesgården, Stockholm, Sweden

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Aristotle (384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.


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I Found I Could Say Things With Color And Shapes

Pink African Daisy

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986) was an American modernist painter and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements.


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What An Astonishing Thing A Book Is

Library, desk, books

What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you.

Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.


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