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You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
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I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.
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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'.
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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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... 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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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'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.
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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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