I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.

Quote by Ruth Bernhard

Topics: Photography Quotes, Questioning Quotes

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into...

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into...

It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments...

It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments...

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached,...

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached,...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.

The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.

As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and...

As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and...

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less...

At forty-two I decided to become a photographer because it offered a means of creative...

At forty-two I decided to become a photographer because it offered a means of creative...

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself...

I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers