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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."

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"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."

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"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

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"It's a man's world, and you men can have it."

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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

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"And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?"

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"Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long."

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"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

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"If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed."

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"The right man is the one who seizes the moment."

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"I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk."

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"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."
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"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
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"In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice."
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"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."
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"Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art."
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"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."
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"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."
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"Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world."
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"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit."
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"Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."
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