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Jay Maisel Inspirational Quotes (52)

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You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.
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Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo, you are way ahead of the game.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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Color is seductive. It changes as it interacts with other colors, it changes because of the light falling upon it, and it changes as it becomes larger in size.
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There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
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I take pictures, and they are there for the taking. I'll tell you a quote that I have always thought about. Arthur Miller said, I try to create the poem from the evidence.
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I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.
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Forget what it was. Look at what it is.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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Color really doesn't have interaction if it's full of colors. It's the interaction or relationship among or between colors that makes a color image. This usually happens with a few colors, not a glut of them.
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If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.
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I want to go out as unprepared as possible so I can get filled up with what the world has to offer.
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One color alone means nothing. I acts as in a vacuum, with no other colors to relate to. It is only when colors relate to other colors that the fun begins.
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The awareness of the quality of space in out photos is akin to our awareness of the very air in our photos, the atmosphere that pervades every square inch of our image and yet is often invisible to the photographer.
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Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had 'made plans' and was wearing visual and emotional blinders that limited my perceptions and my vision.
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When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make your statement. It could be an affirmation of your first choice or could go off in another direction.
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First, perseverance trumps talent. Second, do what you want to do, otherwise why bother? Third, be ethical it might rub off on others. Fourth, don't give up.
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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
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If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked.
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There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.
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The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
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Sometimes as you work, you find that you are learning things about your own perceptions and motivations that are way below you consciousness. If you get lucky, you recognize what you are doing, but all too often we don't find the connection between our work and our own motivations.
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There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
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You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.
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