10 Quotes To Get You Out of Your Photography Rut

Learn from the Masters of Photography

Whenever you are in a photography rut, or at a loss of inspiration, turn to the legends and masters of the art. After all, they have said some pretty inspirational things. Sample a few of them here:

Alfred Eisenstaedt

1. “It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”

-Alfred Eisenstaedt

Ernst Haas

2. “A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?”

-Ernst Haas

Dorothea Lange

3. “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

-Dorothea Lange

Henri Cartier-Bresson

4. “To look, you must love.”

-Henri Cartier-Bresson

Robert Capa

5. “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”

-Robert Capa

David Alan Harvey

6. “Working with one camera and one lens allows me to eliminate any choices that will confuse me, and concentrate on what matters the most—the subject.”

-David Alan Harvey

Garry Winogrand

7. “If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.”

-Garry Winogrand

Imogen Cunningham

8. “Which of my photographs is my favourite? The one I am going to take tomorrow.”

-Imogen Cunningham

Ansel Adams

9. “There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”

-Ansel Adams

Diane Arbus

10. “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.”

-Diane Arbus