Ansel Adams Quotes

If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.

Ansel Adams

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• There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • People
  • Me
  • Nothing

• I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

  

  Dan Colen
  • Ideas
  • Try
  • Handle

• I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • Children
  • Fear
  • Running

• I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Man
  • Desire
  • Never

• I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Different
  • Like
  • Jewelry

• Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Black
  • Ancestors

• I don't look at myself as suffering.

  

  A. J. Langer
  • Myself
  • Suffering
  • Look

• Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Children
  • Today
  • House

• 'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • World
  • Mind
  • Kids

• Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Children
  • Soul
  • inspirational

• What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • You
  • Reflection
  • Artistry

• I, for one, believe that partisanship should have nothing to do with the actions of Christ. You're either Christlike, or you're not.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Believe
  • You
  • Actions

• We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve.

  

  Jack Reed
  • Men
  • Women
  • Country

• 'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • God
  • Wonder
  • Castle

• You are only as good as the people you dress.

  

  Halston
  • People
  • Good
  • Dress

• Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

  

  Dada Vaswani
  • World
  • Mind
  • Power

• What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as it is given to pure reflection.

  

  Edmund Husserl
  • Moments
  • Reflection
  • Pure

• I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Fear
  • Action
  • Hands

• I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could have a real conversation. And I know that people... like to eavesdrop on a conversation.

  

  Charlie Rose
  • People
  • Real
  • Light

• In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing.

  

  Christopher Nolan
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• It's important to be gentle about my routines. I've learned that the hard way. When I'm really stressed out, I can take it out on my body and hurt myself. Sometimes I need to be as loving and soft with myself as possible. I've had to learn how to pay attention. It's a kind of mind-set.

  

  Lisa Edelstein
  • Important
  • Mind
  • Way

• I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage.

  

  Eddie Alvarez
  • Help
  • Proud
  • Irish

• I have just finished one painting and am already at work on the preliminary drawings for the next one. I must do something in order to get rid of such habits or I won't manage to find time for any vacation. I have had this new painting in my mind since January, and must get it down on canvas.

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • Time
  • Work
  • Mind

• If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.

  

  Ansel Adams
  • Good
  • Mind