Why do photographers photograph? To make unreality visible.

If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph.

'Ornithologists concluded that migratory birds take hundreds of naps as they fly; they also practice unilateral eye closure, in which one eye closes, thereby permitting half the brain to sleep.' Is this what happens when photographers close one eye to look through a viewfinder? If so, they might be operating with only half a brain. Perhaps that explains.

There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received scant attention: it does not make a lot of noise. ... Perhaps photography would be more appreciated if camera shutters fired with the sound of a .357 Magnum.

Advice to artists: always take the opportunity to shut up.

I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense.

Photographers have already photographed everything too many times, except cheese.