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Minor White Quotes

I’m always mentally photographing everything as practice Picture Quote #1

...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder Picture Quote #1

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously Picture Quote #1

Students were taught by doing Picture Quote #1

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Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera Picture Quote #1

Photography is a language more universal than words Picture Quote #1

At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us Picture Quote #1

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits Picture Quote #1

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When I look at pictures I have made, I have forgotten what I saw in front of the camera and respond only to what I am seeing in the photographs Picture Quote #1

Camera and eye are together a time machine with which the mind and human being can do the same kind of violence to time and space as dreams Picture Quote #1

One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are Picture Quote #1

Before he has seen the whole, how unusually perceptive and imaginative the person must be to evolve the entire sequence by meditating on its single, pair or triplet of essential images Picture Quote #1

To engage a sequence, we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye Picture Quote #1

It is curious that I always want to group things, a series of sonnets, a series of photographs; whatever rationalizations appear, they originate in urges that are rarely satisfied with single images Picture Quote #1

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When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don’t leave until you have captured its essence Picture Quote #1

The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better Picture Quote #1

If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me Picture Quote #1

The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one’s own pictures is an overall goal Picture Quote #1

We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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I’m always mentally photographing everything as practice (Minor White Quotes) ...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder. (Minor White Quotes) The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself. (Minor White Quotes) 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. (Minor White Quotes) When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously (Minor White Quotes) Students were taught by doing (Minor White Quotes) Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera (Minor White Quotes) Photography is a language more universal than words (Minor White Quotes) At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us (Minor White Quotes) Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence (Minor White Quotes) 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 (Minor White Quotes) Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits (Minor White Quotes) When I look at pictures I have made, I have forgotten what I saw in front of the camera and respond only to what I am seeing in the photographs (Minor White Quotes) Camera and eye are together a time machine with which the mind and human being can do the same kind of violence to time and space as dreams (Minor White Quotes) One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are (Minor White Quotes) Before he has seen the whole, how unusually perceptive and imaginative the person must be to evolve the entire sequence by meditating on its single, pair or triplet of essential images (Minor White Quotes) To engage a sequence, we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye (Minor White Quotes) It is curious that I always want to group things, a series of sonnets, a series of photographs; whatever rationalizations appear, they originate in urges that are rarely satisfied with single images (Minor White Quotes) When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don’t leave until you have captured its essence (Minor White Quotes) The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better (Minor White Quotes) If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me (Minor White Quotes) The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one’s own pictures is an overall goal (Minor White Quotes) We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room (Minor White Quotes) 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 (Minor White Quotes) 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 (Minor White Quotes)