This list is a work-in-progress. I will continue to add quotes by well known photographers and others that I have come across in my readings and found inspirational, so please check back.
"I take photographs in my neighborhood. I think mysterious things happen in familiar places. We don't always need to run to the other end of the world." -- Saul Leiter
"A photographer's gift to the viewer is sometimes beauty in the overlooked ordinary." -- Saul Leiter
"There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature." --Antoni Gaudi
"I am not
interested in making abstract photographs, but I am interested in
photographing the abstract in nature." -- Ralph Gibson
"There is nothing ordinary about the ordinary." -- ANON
"If you take pictures does that make you an art thief?" -- Bill Jay
“Beauty is always present. Seeing it is one of our greatest challenges.” -- Freeman Patterson
“To slow time down, practice enjoying the moment. It is where we spend our entire lives.” ―
Wu Wei
"I never saw an ugly thing in my life." -- John Constable
"If you do not see what is around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?" -- Freeman Patterson
"Instead of a trophy that is hunted, an image is a gift." -- Howard Zehr
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know”
― John Keats
“I am not interested in shooting new things – I am interested to see things new.”
— Ernst Haas
"How beautiful the world was when one looked at it without searching ... just looked simply and innocently."
-- Hermann Hesse
"The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile expressing."
-- Frederick Franck
"Shoot what you see, not what you think."
-- Manuel Alvarez Bravo
"Mindful
photography is about being present in the moment and allowing the world
around you to reveal its beauty without rushing."
— Unknown
"All the technique in the world doesn’t compensate for the inability to notice."
– Elliott Erwitt
"I
like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look
for anything in particular. I come from a philosophy that believes you
shouldn't have preconceived notions - that you don't need a gimmick.
That you should just photograph what you react to - what you see."
--
Elliott Erwitt
“Photography allows us to take time away from everyday pursuits, to
spend time with ourselves, to become more aware of our surroundings, and
to be present in the moment.”
– Wild Willow Ways
"A camera teaches you how to see without a camera."
-- Dorothea Lange
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