Ansel Adams Quotes
It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
Quotes to Explore
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Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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The art of boxing is seeing spaces and being able to take shots. The hitting and being hit have to become one. Your reactions have to be so in the moment. There's no time to think.
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When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.
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I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
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I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.
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There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.
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In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
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I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.
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I feel like science and art are cousins.
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My job is art curator, not artist. All I have ever wanted to do is immerse myself in art, to enjoy it, to learn about it, to write about it, to talk to others about it.
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It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it.
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First time that I cried at a work of art was at a drum solo that I saw. A drummer named Winard Harper, part of the Billy Taylor Trio, gave back in - I would have been in high school - 2005 or something.
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Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you.
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Real art must always involve some witchcraft.
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I had the feeling that there was a dimension of reality that had not been dealt with in art: the dimension of ugliness.
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Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.
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When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.
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Going to college made me realize you have to have real spaces of privacy, and you have to establish those early.
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I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.
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I think soon after I became director of the CIA - President Obama pulled me into the Oval Office and said: 'Look, I just want you to know that your top priority is to go after Osama bin Laden.'
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It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
