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Alfred Stieglitz, born on January 1, 1864, and died on July 13, 1946, was an American photographer renowned for his innovative artistic photography and photographic theories. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern photography.

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Famous Alfred Stieglitz Quotes

“Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.”

People Mean Art Real Matter Artist Term Taught Essentials Photography Really Mean Meaning Of Art

Book:Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes

Source: Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes

“I was sad to leave Europe in 1890, after my student days in Germany... But then, once back in New York, I experienced an intense longing for Europe, for its vital tradition of music, theatre, art, craftsmanship... I felt bewildered and lonely. How was I to use myself?”

Art Use Felt Loneliness New York Students Europe Tradition Lonely Longing Theatre Intense Germany Bewildered Craftsmanship

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“A work is not art until enough noise has been made about it and someone rich comes along and buys it.”

Has Beens Art Made Enough Rich Noise

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“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”

Inspirational Art Real Reality Inspiring Photography Photographer Photograph Subtle My Passion Photography By Photographers Inspirational Photography Great Photography Inspiring Photography Amazing Beautiful

Book:Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

Source: Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

“The arts equally have distinct departments, and unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art.”

Art Process Possibility Expression Photography Department

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“The goal of art was the vital expression of self.”

Art Self Goal Expression Photographer

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“The scene fascinated me: a round straw hat; the funnel leaning left, the stairway leaning right; the white drawbridge, its railings made of chain; white suspenders crossed on the back of a man below; circular iron machinery; a mast that cut into the sky, completing a triangle.”

Source: Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

“It is not art in the professionalized sense about which I care, but that which is created sacredly, as a result of a deep inner experience, with all of oneself, and that becomes 'art' in time.”

Art Care Results Photographer Oneself I Care

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“There are many schools of painting. Why should there not be many schools of photographic art? There is hardly a right and a wrong in these matters, but there is truth, and that should form the basis of all works of art.”

Should Art Matter School Form Painting Bases Photographer Works Of Art

Book:Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes

Source: Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes

“A woman artist could be one of those intuitive geniuses [who] have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience.”

Art Spirit Vision Creativity Genius Photography Photographer Childlike Breadth

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“My cloud photographs are equivalents of my most profound life experiences, my basic philosophy of life. All art is an equivalent of the artist’s most profound life experiences.”

Art Philosophy Artist Creativity Life Philosophy Photography Art Is Profound Photograph Clouds Life Experience

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“All art, like all love, is rooted in heartache.”

Art Love Is Heartache Rooted

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About the Author

Born: January 1, 1864
Died: July 13, 1946
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 47

Books & Sources

Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notesRelated source material

Alfred Stieglitz: an American seerRelated source material

Alfred StieglitzRelated source material

Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty MuseumRelated source material

My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Volume One, 1915-1933Related source material

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