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23 Most Famous & Inspirational Photography Quotes

Last updated on January 16, 2021 By Zach Prez

Famous quotes about photography
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One doesn’t have to look far to find an inspirational quote about photography. Here are more than 20 of my favorite photography quotes from famous people like Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol, and even Abraham Lincoln.

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23 Famous Photography Quotes:

Alfred Eisenstaedt

It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter. View this list of inspirational quotes for photographers.
“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”
Alfred Eisenstaedt

Burk Uzzle

Photography is a love affair with life. Check out more famous photographyquotes here.
“Photography is a love affair with life.”
Burk Uzzle

Ansel Adams

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. See 20 more photography quotes on this page.
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
Ansel Adams

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. Awesome quote with more at https://photographyspark.com.
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Ansel Adams

You don't take a photograph, you make it. So true! Click this Pin for many more photo quotes.
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
Ansel Adams

Tim Walker

Only photograph what you love - Tim Walker. View the full list of famous photography quotes here.
“Only photograph what you love.”
Tim Walker

Abraham Lincoln

Abe Lincoln said There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes. See what other famous people said about photography in this article of the best quotes.
“There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.”
Abraham Lincoln

Ansel Adams

Nice Ansel Adams Quote. See more quotes by Ansel Adams by clicking on this Pin.
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
Ansel Adams

Robert Capa

One of my favorite quotes. 20 more in this list (click above).
“If your pictures are not good enough you are not close enough.”
Robert Capa

Ansel Adams

A good photograph is knowing where to stand. Which of the sayings on this page is your favorite?
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
Ansel Adams

Robert Frank

List of 23 photography quotes on Photography Spark including this one: The eye should learn to listen before it looks.
“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.”
Robert Frank

Gilles Peress

I trust pictures! Perfect for photographers. Click on this Pin for more.
“I don’t trust words. I trust pictures.”
Gilles Peress

David Alan Harvey

The feeling of a photo is everything! Check out this list of more quotes about photographers.
“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”
David Alan Harvey

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol said - The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.
“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”
Andy Warhol

Destin Sparks

Love this list of inspirational photography quotes with images done by Photography Spark.
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.”
Destin Sparks

Leon Levinstein

23 of the most famous quotes about photography.
“I walk, I look, I see, I stop, I photograph.”
Leon Levinstein

Tara Chisolm

23 of the most famous quotes about photography.
“Photography is the beauty of life captured.”
Tara Chisolm

Gerardo Suter

Did photography choose you? See more awesome quotes by clicking this Pin.
“I didn’t choose photography, photography chose me.”
Gerardo Suter

Anonymous

Can I take credit for this quote? More camera quotes in this article.
“It’s not the camera but who’s behind the camera.”
Anonymous

Roger Kingston

A camera is a SAVE button for the mind's eye.
“A camera is a SAVE button for the mind’s eye.”
Roger Kingston

Harry Gruyaert

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“I think of photography like therapy.”
Harry Gruyaert

Marc Riboud

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely every hundredth of a second.

“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely every hundredth of a second.”
Marc Riboud

Eudora Welty

A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. Visit the Pin for more!
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.”
Eudora Welty

My favorite photography quote is the last one. Eudora Alice Welty was an American short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist’s Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Wikipedia

Her insight reinforces how photos preserve a moment in time so that anyone can put himself back in the moment when the photograph occurred. As a father of three, I chose the image of the mother and child to represent this quote and remind me that the little moments with my kids are the most important to capture before they are gone.

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About Zach Prez

Zach Prez has helped hundreds of businesses with marketing in the past 15 years. He's a husband and father of three, ninja at Ms Pac Man, and loves books on mountaineering.

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