“The spontaneous is the most beautiful thing that can appear in a picture, but nothing in art appears less spontaneously than that.” ArtBeautifulBeautiful ThingsSpontaneousSpontaneity Book:Jeff Wall: photographs Source: Jeff Wall: photographs
“If you are capable of making good pictures it's immoral not to do so, for whatever reason or excuse you might give.” IfsGivingReasonMightCapableExcuseImmoralExcuse You Author:Jeff Wall
“One paradox I have found is that, the more you use computers in picture-making, the more hand-made the picture becomes. Oddly, then, digital technology is leading, in my work at least, toward a greater reliance on handmaking because the assembly and montage of the various parts of the picture is done very carefully by hand.” MadeDoneUseHandsFoundTechnologyGreaterComputerVariousDigitalParadoxRelianceAssemblyDigital Technology Author:Jeff Wall
“Because image traffic has become so heavy and so continuous, it now seems as if these millions of images came into being by themselves, without the agency of a person.” IfsPersonsSeemsMillionsHeavyAgencyTraffic Author:Jeff Wall
“I guess you could say I'm like a film director but my movies have only one frame.” FilmDirectorsFilm Directors Author:Jeff Wall
“Meaning does not interest me and has almost nothing to do with my decisions or judgments.” DoeInterestDecisionJudgment Author:Jeff Wall
“A picture is something that makes invisible its before and after.” InvisibleBefore And After Author:Jeff Wall
“IT'S a pitfall to have a definition of photography.” PhotographyDefinitionsPitfalls Author:Jeff Wall
