Leonard Nimoy Quotes
"I've been working with photography for many years."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Photography, Years)
"Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Wisdom, Beginning, End, Logic)
"Most of my images have been done in-studio, under very controlled lighting conditions. There have been a few that have been shot in nature, but even then they were shot almost exclusively at night, and again, under controlled lighting conditions."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Nature, Night)
"My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Dream, Trying)
"My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That's why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I'm searching for, or searching to express."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Work, Idea, Memory, Satisfaction)
"My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Wife, Temple, Religious, Spiritual, Talk)
"Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Work, Cosmos)
"I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Idea, Healing, May, Spirituality)
"That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Existence, Exploration, Possibilities, Stars)
"That's the most difficult issue for me... to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Time, Work, Energy, Interest)
"That's true, because I'm a photographer now."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Now)
"A neighborhood friend showed me how it was possible to go to a camera shop and pick up chemicals for pennies... literally... and develop your own film and make prints."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Friend, Film)
"The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as much satisfaction."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Pleasure, Satisfaction)
"The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have."
- Leonard Nimoy
"This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussion about the subject matter and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books; I'm showing slides and talking about the work."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Time, Work, Books, Talking)
"I also do my own processing, so it means a big commitment in lab time."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Time, Commitment)
"Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white... to highlight that contrast."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Work, Contrast, Reason)
"Years ago - in the 70s, for about a decade - I carried a camera every place I went. And I shot a lot of pictures that were still life and landscape, using available light."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Life, Light, Years)
"You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Time, Artists, Opinion)
"You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Ego)
"What I'm exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality. It's an area that I'm curious about, and I'm researching it to see if there's a photographic essay in it for me. If images don't start to come, I'll go to something else."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Mortality, Now, Right)
"For me it's all about personal vision; is there something about a subject that uniquely speaks to me."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Vision)
"But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Art, Work, Deep, Pretty, Questions, Talking, Want)
"I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Exploration)
"I am not Spock."
- Leonard Nimoy
"I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Idea, Being, End)
"I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Old, Photography, Years)
"I certainly don't live in a kosher home although I was raised in a kosher environment."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Home, Environment)
"I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm in constant contact with it."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Day, Spiritual)
"I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may."
- Leonard Nimoy
(Related: Attitude, Adventure, Journey, May)