Photo Quotes ArchiveQuotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson (8 quotes)
"People only see what they are prepared to see."
"Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it."
"Many photographers think they are photographing nature when they are only caricaturing her. "
"Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on."
"Do not be caught by the sensational in nature, as a coarse red-faced sunset, a garrulous waterfall, or a fifteen thousand foot mountain... avoid prettiness - the word looks much like pettiness - and there is but little difference between them."
"Though many painters and sculptors talk glibly of "going in for photography," you will find that very few of them can ever make a picture by photography; they lack the science, technical knowledge, and above all the practice. Most people think they can play tennis, shoot, write novels, and photograph as well as any other person -- until they try."
"Pay no heed to the average photographer's remarks upon "flat" and "weak" negatives. Probably he is flat, weak, stale, and unprofitable; your negative may be first-rate, and probably is if he does not approve of it."
"Do not call yourself an "artist-photographer" and make "artist-painters" and "artist-sculptors" laugh; call yourself a photographer and wait for artists to call you brother."
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