Edward Steichen Quotes

I've always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception.

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera's my worst enemy and my best friend. It's the way I convey my emotions to the world without saying a word, so I use it. People always say, 'You come alive as soon as the camera's on!'

One advantage of photography is that it's visual and can transcend language.

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.

Photography helps people to see.

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen.

I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else.

Talking with pictures and making memories is universally appealing.

Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like.

If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself.

I kind of grew up with a camera in my hand.

When a moment in front of me appears to be particularly special, whether it be by beauty or experience, I capture it. I usually find a reason to justify taking that photo - symmetry, or color, or contrast - and it's my hope that my photography sheds light onto what I see and do on a daily basis.

I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.

Writing is my profession. Photography is my hobby.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.