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Walker Evans Quotes

Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he’s over sixty Picture Quote #1

The meaning of quality in photography’s best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system Picture Quote #1

... nature photographs downright bore me for some reason or other. I think: ‘Oh, yes. Look at that sand dune. What of it?’ Picture Quote #1

The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts Picture Quote #1

Good photography is unpretentious Picture Quote #1

Do we know what we look like? Not really Picture Quote #1

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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long Picture Quote #1

I wanted so much to write that I couldn’t write a word Picture Quote #1

It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop Picture Quote #1

Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt Picture Quote #1

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts Picture Quote #1

It’s easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air Picture Quote #1

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The meaning of quality in photography’s best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system Picture Quote #1

It’s the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long Picture Quote #1

It’s too presumptuous and naïve to think you can change society by a photograph or anything else... I equate that with propaganda; I think that’s a lower rank of purpose Picture Quote #1

I say half jokingly that photography is the most difficult of the arts. It does require a certain arrogance to see and to choose. I feel myself walking on a tightrope instead of on the ground Picture Quote #1

I do note that photography, a despised medium to work in, is full of empty phonies and worthless commercial people. That presents quite a challenge to the man who can take delight in being in a very difficult, disdained medium Picture Quote #1

I work rather blindly. I have a theory that seems to work with me that some of the best things you ever do sort of come through you. You don’t know where you get the impetus and response to what’s before your eyes Picture Quote #1

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The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler Picture Quote #1

With the camera, it’s all or nothing. You either get what you’re after at once, or what you do has to be worthless. I don’t think the essence of photography has the hand in it so much. The essence is done very quietly with a flash of the mind, and with a machine. I think too that photography is editing, editing after the taking. After knowing what to take, you have to do the editing Picture Quote #1

In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality Picture Quote #1

I think there is a period of esthetic discovery that happens to a man and he can do all sorts of things at white heat Picture Quote #1

It is easy to imagine fantasy as physical and myth as real. We do it almost every moment. We do this as we dream, as we think, and as we cope with the world about us. But these worlds of fantasy that we form into the solid things around us are the source of our discontent. They inspire our search to find ourselves Picture Quote #1

Incidentally, part of a photographer’s gift should be with people. You can do some wonderful work if you know how to make people understand what you’re doing and feel all right about it, and you can do terrible work if you put them on the defense, which they all are at the beginning. You’ve got to take them off their defensive attitude and make them participate Picture Quote #1

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Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances it is anything ever anywhere near a beach Picture Quote #1

Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain the motions of the sun, moon, and stars. It has mapped the heavens, leaving no place for gods to live Picture Quote #1

I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn’t need to. If the thing is there, why, there it is Picture Quote #1

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Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he’s over sixty (Walker Evans Quotes) The meaning of quality in photography’s best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system. (Walker Evans Quotes) ... nature photographs downright bore me for some reason or other. I think: ‘Oh, yes. Look at that sand dune. What of it?’ (Walker Evans Quotes) The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts (Walker Evans Quotes) Good photography is unpretentious (Walker Evans Quotes) Do we know what we look like? Not really (Walker Evans Quotes) Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long (Walker Evans Quotes) I wanted so much to write that I couldn’t write a word (Walker Evans Quotes) It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop (Walker Evans Quotes) Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt (Walker Evans Quotes) Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts (Walker Evans Quotes) It’s easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air (Walker Evans Quotes) The meaning of quality in photography’s best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system (Walker Evans Quotes) It’s the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long (Walker Evans Quotes) It’s too presumptuous and naïve to think you can change society by a photograph or anything else... I equate that with propaganda; I think that’s a lower rank of purpose (Walker Evans Quotes) I say half jokingly that photography is the most difficult of the arts. It does require a certain arrogance to see and to choose. I feel myself walking on a tightrope instead of on the ground (Walker Evans Quotes) I do note that photography, a despised medium to work in, is full of empty phonies and worthless commercial people. That presents quite a challenge to the man who can take delight in being in a very difficult, disdained medium (Walker Evans Quotes) I work rather blindly. I have a theory that seems to work with me that some of the best things you ever do sort of come through you. You don’t know where you get the impetus and response to what’s before your eyes (Walker Evans Quotes) The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler (Walker Evans Quotes) With the camera, it’s all or nothing. You either get what you’re after at once, or what you do has to be worthless. I don’t think the essence of photography has the hand in it so much. The essence is done very quietly with a flash of the mind, and with a machine. I think too that photography is editing, editing after the taking. After knowing what to take, you have to do the editing (Walker Evans Quotes) In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality (Walker Evans Quotes) I think there is a period of esthetic discovery that happens to a man and he can do all sorts of things at white heat (Walker Evans Quotes) It is easy to imagine fantasy as physical and myth as real. We do it almost every moment. We do this as we dream, as we think, and as we cope with the world about us. But these worlds of fantasy that we form into the solid things around us are the source of our discontent. They inspire our search to find ourselves (Walker Evans Quotes) Incidentally, part of a photographer’s gift should be with people. You can do some wonderful work if you know how to make people understand what you’re doing and feel all right about it, and you can do terrible work if you put them on the defense, which they all are at the beginning. You’ve got to take them off their defensive attitude and make them participate (Walker Evans Quotes) Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances it is anything ever anywhere near a beach (Walker Evans Quotes) Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain the motions of the sun, moon, and stars. It has mapped the heavens, leaving no place for gods to live (Walker Evans Quotes) I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn’t need to. If the thing is there, why, there it is (Walker Evans Quotes)