Ansel Adams Quotes
The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And people should be moved by it.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me.
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Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.
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'Pathological liar' is absolutely the toughest individual to deal with as a psychiatrist. Because you can't take anything they say at face value. And you can't, you know, fill in their personality. You don't know what's real and what's not.
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My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess – you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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I usually just dress myself. I typically make something or buy something and fix it up. I really like to spend my money on accessories like bags, shoes, belts. I don't really spend on things I can make.
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Why do the police need to know where I am? In the hands of a benevolent government, they could be looking after your interests, but what if the next government isn't so benevolent?
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Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves, yet we do not put ourselves in a condition to achieve great things. We are either too indulgent to our bodies, or we are not indulgent enough.
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
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Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.
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People don't bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking!
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Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us?
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I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life.
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Sometimes, in a part, everything comes together.
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The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.
