Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper… the photographer begins with the finished product.
~ Edward Steichen

Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
~ Ansel Adams

Which of the photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.
~ Imogen Cunningham

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
~ Dorothea Lange

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
~ Ansel Adams

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
~ Ansel Adams

I see something special and show it to the camera. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.
~ Sam Abell

Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing, light is everything.
~ Leonard Missone

If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.
~ Jay Maisel

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.
~ Yousuf Karsh