Photo Quotes ArchiveQuotes by Ruth Bernhard (10 quotes)
"There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture."
"I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help."
"If you can't make the image bigger or more important than what you see, then don't push the button"
"Never ever say the word shoot when you are taking a picture with a camera because a camera is not a violent weapon."
"The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony."
"Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the image of woman, has been my mission."
"If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry."
"My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity. To indicate the ideal proportion, to reveal sculptural mass and the dominating spirit is my goal."
"Everything is one and I am one with it."
"Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential superlative curves and lines. Light I acknowledge as the energy upon which all life on this planet depends."
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