Famous Quotes by Ansel Adams

“Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.”

“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.”

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

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

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer—and often the supreme disappointment.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

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

In wisdom gathered over time, I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.