14 Expressive Photography Quotes (To Inspire You)
Looking for something moving to say in your next marketing video? We’ve put together a collection of quotes from some of the greatest photographers and artists from around the world to help spark some ideas. Take a look, and then try adding your favorite to a block or two of your next video.
- “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
—Ansel Adams
- “It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”
—Alfred Eisenstaedt
- “A single photograph contains different images.”
—Daido Moriyama
- “The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.”
—Gordon Parks
- “Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”
—David Alan Harvey
- “The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”
—Andy Warhol
- “Most of my photos are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face.”
—Steve McCurry
- “I fight to take a good photograph every single time.”
—Annie Leibovitz
- “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
—Karl Lagerfeld
- “In the end, photography for me is just an excuse to get to know the world.”
—Graciela Iturbide
- “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”
—Dorothea Lange
- “You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.”
—Joan Miro
- “The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.”
—Yousuf Karsh
- “Photography, at its best, goes far beyond the style of an individual; like the soul it need not always be explained.”
—Raghu Rai
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