The creative force in man recognizes and records these rhythms with the medium most suitable to him, the object, or the moment, feeling the cause, the life within the outer form. Recording unfelt facts, acquired by rule, results in sterile inventory. To see the Thing Itself is essential: the quintessence revealed direct without the fog of impressionism - the casual noting of the superficial phase, a transitory mood.
Edward WestonWhy limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?
Edward WestonNow one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of years โ learning โ unlearningโ success โ failure โ dreaming โ thinking โ experience โ back it goes โ farther back than one's ancestors: all this, โ then the moment of creation, the focussing of all into the moment. So I can make โ "without thought" โ fifteen carefully-considered negatives one every fifteen minutes, โ given material with as many possibilities.
Edward WestonFor photography is a way to capture the moment - not just any moment, but the important one, this one moment out of all time when your subject is revealed to the fullest - that moment of perfection which comes once and is not repeated.
Edward Weston