Photo Quotes ArchiveQuotes by Minor White (14 quotes)
"No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen."
"Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence."
"Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts."
"I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice. "
"When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously."
"There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made."
"Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera."
"We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room."
Source: Corner, S., & Klochko, D. (2006). "The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts", Page 79.
Photography > Technique Quote #613
"Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'.
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Source: Corner, S., & Klochko, D. (2006). "The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts", Page 82
Photography > Technique Quote #614
"The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one's own pictures is an overall goal."
Source: Corner, S., & Klochko, D. (2006). "The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts", Page 85.
Photography > General Quote #615
"Photography is a language more universal than words."
Source: Corner, S., & Klochko, D. (2006). "The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts", Page 95
Photography > General Quote #616
"At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us."
Source: Corner, S., & Klochko, D. (2006). "The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts", Page 96
Photography > General Quote #617
"Students were taught by doing."
Source: Corner, S., & Klochko, D. (2006). "The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts", Page 99.
Photography > Technique Quote #618
"We could teach photography as a way to make a living, and best of all, somehow to get students to experience for themselves photography as a way of life."
Source: Corner, S., & Klochko, D. (2006). "The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts", Page 102
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