I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing.
Alfred StieglitzMy cloud photographs are equivalents of my most profound life experiences, my basic philosophy of life. All art is an equivalent of the artistโs most profound life experiences.
Alfred StieglitzBefore the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.
Alfred StieglitzMy aim is increasingly to make my photographs look so much like photographs [rather than paintings, etchings, etc.] that unless one has eyes and sees, they won't be seen - and still everyone will never forget having once looked at them.
Alfred StieglitzMy ideal is to achieve the ability to produce numberless prints from each negative, prints all significantly alive, yet indistinguishably alike, and to be able to circulate them at a price not higher than that of a popular magazine, or even a daily paper. To gain that ability there has been no choice but to follow the road I have chosen.
Alfred Stieglitz