Home / Authors / William Henry Jackson

William Henry Jackson Quotes

Author

William Henry Jackson, born on April 4, 1843, and died on June 30, 1942, was an individual whose profession and category are currently unknown. His life story and contributions remain to be further researched.

Filter quotes by topic

All Cameras Has Beens Afternoon Art Believe Building Charm Country Crosses Decades

Famous William Henry Jackson Quotes

“In living, as in art, rules are drawn from practice; not the other way around.”

Way Art Practice

Author:William Henry Jackson

“Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and about the surrounding country; the taste strengthening as my successes became greater in proportion to the failures.”

Country House Greater Subjects Taste Photography Hills Charm Proportion Portraits Strengthening Portrait Photography

Author:William Henry Jackson

“[The building of the transcontinental railway] was something truly earth-shaking and, whether or not there had been a dime in it for me, sooner or later I would have been out on the grade with my cameras.”

Has Beens Earth Building Cameras Grades Sooner Or Later Shaking Dimes Railway

Author:William Henry Jackson

“Since 1873, I have been back four or five times. I have used the best cameras and the most sensitive emulsions on the market. I have snapped my shutter, morning, noon and afternoon. I have never come close to matching those first plates. (On photographing The Mountain of the Holy Cross)”

Firsts Has Beens Used Morning Five Four Holy Mountain Crosses Cameras Sensitive Afternoon Plates Noon Matching Shutters Holy Cross

Book:An eye for history: the paintings of William Henry Jackson : from the collection at the Oregon Trail Museum

Source: An eye for history: the paintings of William Henry Jackson : from the collection at the Oregon Trail Museum

“And if any work that I have done should have value beyond my own lifetime, I believe it will be the happy labors of the decade 1869-1878.”

Ifs Should Believe Done Values I Believe My Own Labor Should Have Lifetime Decades

Author:William Henry Jackson

About the Author

Born: April 4, 1843
Died: June 30, 1942
Known for: Author
Quotes: 5

Books & Sources

An eye for history: the paintings of William Henry Jackson : from the collection at the Oregon Trail MuseumRelated source material

Similar Authors

Irving PennBrowse related quotes
Todd WalkerBrowse related quotes
Philippe HalsmanBrowse related quotes
Victor SkrebneskiBrowse related quotes
Edward WestonBrowse related quotes
Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr.Browse related quotes
Zana BriskiBrowse related quotes
Bill JayBrowse related quotes
Andreas FeiningerBrowse related quotes
Ralph SteinerBrowse related quotes