Top 54 Most Inspiring Quotes on Photography (MEMORIES)

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Top 10 Most Famous Quotes on Photography (BEST)

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
Elliott Erwitt

What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. – Karl Lagerfeld — What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. – **Karl Lagerfeld**

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. - Ansel Adams — When words become unclear, I shall **focus** with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. – **Ansel Adams**

In photography, there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. - Alfred Stieglitz — In photography, there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. – Alfred Stieglitz

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. - Dorothea Lange — Photography takes an instant out of **time**, altering **life** by holding it still. – Dorothea Lange

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
Aaron Siskind

The camera is an extension of my eyes, my heart, my mind, and my soul. - Peter Adams — The camera is an extension of my eyes, my heart, my mind, and my soul. – Peter Adams

Only photography has been able to divide human life into a series of moments, each of them has the value of a complete existence. - Eadweard Muybridge — Only photography has been able to divide human life into a series of moments, each of them has the value of a complete existence. – Eadweard Muybridge

Taking a picture is like giving a piece of your soul away. You allow other people to see the world through your eyes. - Katja Michael — Taking a picture is like giving a piece of your soul away. You allow other people to see the world through your eyes. – Katja Michael

It's not enough to just own a camera. Everyone owns a camera. To be a photographer, you must understand, appreciate, and harness the power you hold! - Mark Denman — It’s not enough to just own a camera. Everyone owns a camera. To be a photographer, you must understand, **appreciate**, and harness the power you hold! – Mark Denman

10 Short Inspirational Quotes About Photography

Photography is the beauty of life, captured. - Tara Chisholm — Photography is the beauty of **life**, captured. – Tara Chisholm

Photography is the story I fail to put into words. - Destin Sparks — Photography is the story I fail to put into words. – Destin Sparks

Photography is a love affair with life. - Burk Uzzle — Photography is a love affair with life. – Burk Uzzle

Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world. - Bruno Barbey — Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world. – Bruno Barbey

A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. - Eudora Welty — A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. – Eudora Welty

I think of photography like therapy. - Harry Gruyaert — I think of photography like therapy. – Harry Gruyaert

God creates the beauty. My camera and I are a witness. - Mark Denman — God creates the beauty. My camera and I are a witness. – Mark Denman

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely every hundredth of a second. - Marc Riboud — Taking pictures is savoring life intensely every hundredth of a second. – Marc Riboud

When the world asks, 'what was it like' Only the photographer can say, 'See!' - Mark Denman — When the world asks, ‘what was it like?’ Only the photographer can say, ‘See!’ – Mark Denman

In the world of photography, you get to share a captured moment with other people. - James Wilson — In the world of photography, you get to share a captured moment with other people. – James Wilson

5 Motivational Quotes About Photography and Imagination

“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography, everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.”
David Bailey

My interest in photography is not to capture an image I see or even have in my mind, but to explore the potential of moments I can only begin to imagine. - Lois Greenfield — My interest in photography is not to capture an image I see or even have in my mind, but to explore the potential of moments I can only begin to **imagine**. – Lois Greenfield

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world. - Arnold Newman — Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world. – Arnold Newman

The camera has always been a guide, and it's allowed me to see things and focus on things that maybe an average person wouldn't even notice. - Don Chadwick — The camera has always been a guide, and it’s allowed me to see things and **focus** on things that maybe an average person wouldn’t even notice. – Don Chadwick

Regarding the creative never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful. - Don Roff — Regarding the creative: never assume you’re the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you’re masterful. – Don Roff

12 Deep Quotes About Photography that Will Make You Think

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know. - Diane Arbus — A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know. – Diane Arbus

We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us. - Ralph Hattersley — We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us. – Ralph Hattersley

Photography is the art of frozen time... the ability to store emotion and feelings within a frame. - Meshack Otieno — Photography is the art of frozen **time**… the **ability** to store emotion and feelings within a frame. – Meshack Otieno

Photographers don't take pictures. They create images. - Mark Denman — Photographers don’t take pictures. They create images. – Mark Denman

Photography is the truth, if it's being handled by a truthful person. - Don McCullin — Photography is the **truth**, if it’s being handled by a truthful person. – Don McCullin

Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.

Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real. – Ansel Adams — Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real. – **Ansel Adams**

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. - Ansel Adams — There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. – **Ansel Adams**

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. - Ansel Adams — Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. – **Ansel Adams**

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. - Henri Cartier-Bresson — To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work. - Martin Parr — Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work. – Martin Parr

What do we feel when we look at a good photograph We just want to be there, right at the exact moment that photo taken! - Mehmet Murat Ildan — What do we feel when we look at a good photograph? We just want to be there, right at the exact moment that photo taken! – Mehmet Murat Ildan

13 Wise Quotes to Improve Your Photography Skills

“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.”
Connor Franta