Edward Weston Quotes
"There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Nothing)
"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Work, Hard work, Photography, Recreation)
"Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Age, Ideas, Mind, Painting, Photography, Temper)
"Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Consulting, Fact, Law, Laws, Now, Reflection, Rules)
"My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Change, Idea, Eye, Eyes, May)
"I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Work)
"I see no reason for recording the obvious."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Obvious, Reason)
"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk."
- Edward Weston
(Related: Consulting, Gravity, Laws, Rules)