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We make images to honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.

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
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
Photography
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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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.
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No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
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I think photography is being recognized and collected. Its values have certainly gone up and continue to go up.
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I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form!
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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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The great rocks of Yosemite, expressing qualities of timeless yet intimate grandeur, are the most compelling formations of their kind. We should not casually pass them by, for they are the very heart of the earth speaking to us.
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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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