Quotes by Ansel Adams

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer."
– Ansel Adams

"When words become unclear‚ I shall focus with photography when images become inadequate‚ I shall be content with silence.
– Ansel Adams

"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment."
– Ansel Adams

"Photography‚ as a powerful medium of expression and communications‚ offers an infinite variety of perception‚ interpretation and execution."
– Ansel Adams

"Millions of men have lived to fight‚ build palaces and boundaries‚ shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit."
– Ansel Adams

"You don’t take a photograph‚ you make it."
– Ansel Adams

"A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into."
– Ansel Adams

"When I’m ready to make a photograph‚ I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I’m interested in something which is built up from within‚ rather than just extracted from without."
– Ansel Adams