Cornell Capa Quotes

#1. One thing that Life and I agreed right from the start was that one war photographer was enough for my family; I was to be a photographer of peace.

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#2. Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history.

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#3. The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism.

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#4. How shall we celebrate the day,When God appeared in mortal clay,The mark of worldly scorn;When the Archangel's heavenly Lays,Attempted the Redeemer's Praise,And hail'd Salvation's Morn!

Thomas Chatterton

#5. The camera is an extension of yourself ... Your story treatment may be subjective, but it is important to remain objective as to truth.

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#6. With all the arguments and discussions about the Vietnam War, what did the visual image do? It ended the war.

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#7. Flippancy is a flower whose roots are often underground in the subconsciousness.

G.K. Chesterton

#8. The most benevolent souls are the one's who have had to drink some of life's worst poisons, yet protected others in their lives from ever having to taste them.

Jose N. Harris

#9. [Writing is] largely a matter of application and hard work, or writing and rewriting endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible. For me that usually means many, many revisions.

Rachel Carson

#10. True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.

Bryant H. McGill

#11. I couldn't stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don't sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time.

Randa Abdel-Fattah

#12. Today, take a dive in a beautiful, calm, tranquil lake of peace.

Debasish Mridha

#13. I am not an artist, and I never intended to be one. I hope I have made some good photographs, but what I really hope is that I have done some good photo stories with memorable images that make a point, and, perhaps, even make a difference.

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#14. Images at their passionate and truthful best are as powerful as words can ever be. If they alone cannot bring change, they can at least provide and understanding mirror of man's actions, thereby sharpening human awareness and awakening conscience.

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#15. No." Kanin's voice was suddenly hard, terrifying. "You are simply using your demon to hide from what you really feel. Because you are afraid of what that means, that it might be painful. It is far easier to be a monster than to confront the truth.

Julie Kagawa

#16. The idea that any photography can't be personal is madness! I see something; it goes through my eye, brain, heart, guts; I choose the subject. What could be more personal than that?

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#17. The only love that won't disappoint you is one that can't change, that can't be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God's love is the only thing like that.

Timothy Keller