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Forget what it was. Look at what it is.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
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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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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.
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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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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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You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'.
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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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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 we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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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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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.
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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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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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You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magnificent failures, but you want some magnificent successes.
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Money and fame that photography can bring you are wonderful, but nothing can compare to the joy of seeing something new.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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... there's one of the great lies of all times, that computers save time. They don't. They're time suckers. So, I'm trying not to get involved in the Photoshop.
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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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The best camera is the one you have with you.
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