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Photography Quotes

Lines on framing the world one shot at a time.

This collection gathers thoughts from photographers on why they picked up a camera in the first place, from using it as reference material for painting to treating Art itself as inseparable from color and composition.

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In the time between records, I always have lots of stuff going on. I shoot photography, make little sculptures, play video games.

Quotes by Adam Jones

9

I never really learned photography.

Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

8

I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.

Quotes by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

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In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

Quotes by William Albert Allard

About Quotes

6

It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.

Quotes by Val Kilmer

5

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

Quotes by Tony Benn

4

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Quotes by Todd Phillips

3

As an avid photographer, I also took advantage of the latest technology in photography - digital photography - to post photos on my website on a daily basis.

Quotes by Tipper Gore

2

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Quotes by Teju Cole

Always Quotes

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Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

Quotes by Steven Soderbergh

Several quotes here describe photography as its own way of showing what writing alone cannot capture. Pair them with our About quotes for more reflections on craft and purpose.