“It may well be that the pictures of Courbet, Manet, Monet and their like contain beauties which escape the notice of such old romantic heads as ours, already streaked with silver threads.” WellsMayAgingSilverThreadMonet Author:Theophile Gautier
“My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea, even switch me to different subject matter. So I start out with my mind as free from image as the silver film on which I am to record, and I hope as sensitive.” MindMayIdeasDifferentMatterEyeFilmMy OwnRecordsSubjectsCamerasSensitiveSilverSubject MatterDifferent Subjects Book:Edward Weston on photography Source: Edward Weston on photography