The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for instance, without feeling the essential life - the things going on - within them. The same goes for a mountain, or a bit of the ocean, or a magnificent piece of old wood.
Ansel AdamsWhen words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
Ansel AdamsIt is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
Ansel AdamsI believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
Ansel AdamsThe negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
Ansel AdamsI eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance. Such systems will have their own inherent and inescapable structural characteristics, and the artist and functional practitioner will again strive to comprehend and control them.
Ansel Adams