Home / Authors / Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz Quotes

Photographer

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.

Filter quotes by topic

All Photographer Photography Art Photograph My Passion People World Artist Ifs Matter May Men Passion Real Results Ability Alive Cameras Creativity Done

Famous Alfred Stieglitz Quotes

“Beautiful dreams - if the world were more beautiful they would come true - But the world is relentless & cruel - people are - they must be, I suppose, or they could not live.”

People Ifs World Dream Beautiful Relentless Beautiful Dreams

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

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

“Snow. White, white, white, soft and clean, and maddening shapes, with the whole world in them.”

World Whole White Shapes Clean Whole World Snow Observation Snow White

Author:Alfred Stieglitz

“I have all but killed myself for Photography. My passion for it is greater than ever. It's forty years that I have fought its fight... I am not fighting to make a 'name' for myself. Maybe you have some feeling for what the fight is for. It's a world's fight... All that's born of spirit seems mad in these days of materialism run riot.”

World Years Feelings Seems Running Spirit Fighting Passion Names Born Struggle Greater Photography Mad These Days Forty Materialism My Passion Riot

Author:Alfred Stieglitz

“My photographs are a picture of the chaos in the world, and of my relationship to that chaos. My prints show the world’s constant upsetting of man’s equilibrium, and his eternal battle to reestablish it.”

Men World Shows Battle Eternal Constant Chaos Photographer Photograph Upset Print Equilibrium Chaos In The World

Book:Alfred Stieglitz: an American seer

Source: Alfred Stieglitz: an American seer

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

Similar Authors

Frederick SommerBrowse related quotes
Jay MaiselBrowse related quotes
Marcey JacobsonBrowse related quotes
Josef KoudelkaBrowse related quotes
Sebastiao SalgadoBrowse related quotes
Elliott ErwittBrowse related quotes
Walker EvansBrowse related quotes
Minor WhiteBrowse related quotes
Andreas FeiningerBrowse related quotes
Berenice AbbottBrowse related quotes