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Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
Ansel Adams
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Ansel Adams
Age: 82 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 20
Died: 1984
Died: April 22
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Photographer
Pianist
University Teacher
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San Francisco County
California
Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
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There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
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Knowing what I know now, any photographer worth his salt could make some beautiful things with pinhole cameras.
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I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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My wife - she could help me get the negs out!
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The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.
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Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
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Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.
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Now there is a big turnover in the galleries. The top galleries are getting better all the time. A lot of galleries just struggle along, then a new one comes along. There are certainly a great number of galleries. I think this argues well for the art but there are, of course, a lot of phonies in all the arts.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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The photo-journalist and the photo-poet are both important. The problem is to separate the major objectives of the various groups and not to attribute qualities and intentions where they do not belong.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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