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Edward Steichen Quotes: Art for art's sake is dead, if it ever lived.
         

Art for art's sake is dead, if it ever lived.


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Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.



A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.



Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.



Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.

Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.



The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.



Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face.

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face.



I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.



When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.



Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.



No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.





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