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To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.

Edward Weston

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Edward Weston
Age: 71 †
Born: 1886
Born: January 1
Died: 1958
Died: January 1
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An excellent conception can be quite obscured by faulty technical execution or clarified by faultless technique.
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Is love like art - something always ahead, never quite attained.
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If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!
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Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.
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Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.
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There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me.
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No photographer is better than the simplest of cameras
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I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.
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Photography, not soft gutless painting, is best equipped to bore into the spirit of today.
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My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, or the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.
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Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach nature in a spirit of inquiry, of communion, instead of with the saucy swagger of self-dubbed artists.
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