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“Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.”

Berenice Abbott quotes (American Photographer, 1898-1991)

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“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

Elliott Erwitt quotes

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“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.”

Ernst Haas quotes

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“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.”

David Bailey quotes (English fashion Photographer, b.1938)

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“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

Dorothea Lange quotes (American documentary photographer, 1895-1965)

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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.”

Edward Weston quotes

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“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.”

Duane Michals quotes

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“Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.”

Berenice Abbott quotes (American Photographer, 1898-1991)

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“Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.”

W. Eugene Smith quotes

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“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”

Aaron Siskind quotes

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“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.”

Sam Abell quotes

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