Photography Inspiration Quotes

#1. Two factors thus emerge as requisites of success in the field of creative photography. First, the subject must be photogenic. Second, its re-creation in a photograph must be based upon technical knowledge, guided and supported by artsitic inspiration.

Andreas Feininger

#2. In many ways, unexpected results are what have most inspired my photography.

Harold Eugene Edgerton

#3. Common sense is no match for the voice of God.

Jon Krakauer

#4. Don't just stand there like a big fucking muffin!

Gordon Ramsay

#5. Photography's 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent moving furniture.

Gregory Heisler

#6. Photography is 90% sheer, brutal drudgery! The other 10% is inspiration!!

Brett Weston

#7. I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.

Man Ray

#8. Photography is a Passion Not a Hobby!

Ilyass Azaryouh

#9. Recent data and research supports the importance of natural climate variability and calls into question the conclusion that humans are the dominant cause of recent climate change.

Judith Curry

#10. Outstanding past work in photography, and in fact in all the arts, is very important to today's photographers. But it should be used for inspiration and not for imitation. These works should be something to be built upon, not to be repeated.

Alexey Brodovitch

#11. All photos speak a thousand words. This one contained a library.

Rivera Sun

#12. Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.

Helmut Newton

#13. [Photography] puts a human face on issues which, from afar, can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.

James Nachtwey

#14. I believe that the source of your inspiration is very important. I sometimes see this problem with photographers, even very good ones, who have drawn too much inspiration from photography and who, over time, have a problem forming their own identity.

Peter Lindbergh

#15. Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.

Keira Knightley

#16. I approached photography the only way that I knew how to approach anything: as a job. I would get up, photograph all morning, stop and have lunch, and then, photograph all afternoon. I didn't think that I had to wait for some inspiration.

Thomas Roma

#17. He sat still for almost ten minutes before he heard movement in the corridor and was aware that the police had arrived. By now he was not thinking of anything in particular. Then he raised the revolver one last time, held it to his temple, and squeezed the trigger.

Stieg Larsson

#18. We are living in a moment where we have broken the equilibrium of the planet. We are not paying attention to our intuitive side. We only pay attention to our reason. We have become an urban animal

Sebastiao Salgado

#19. Art is free," he said, "and is not to be diminished by any chains of craftsmanship.

Jan Swafford

#20. Education is beautification of the inner world and the outer world.

Amit Ray

#21. Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'.

Minor White

#22. Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential superlative curves and lines. Light I acknowledge as the energy upon which all life on this planet depends.

Ruth Bernhard

#23. Light is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experiences. I do not wish to "record," but rather to touch upon the illusive meanings which I perceive and try to comprehend in this limitless universe.

Ruth Bernhard

#24. Something she knew she did not have the right to ask him about. But she wished - oh, how she
wished - that when he was ready to face his fears, she could be the one to help him.

Julia Quinn