Quotes by Ansel Adams

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

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

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

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

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

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.