“At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is "What is art today?" The most important artists of the last 20 years are Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, because the influence they have had is incredible and they've changed the world. That is art.” ThinkingWorldYearsArtImportantTodayJobsLastsArtistCrazyInfluenceChangedKeysPhotographyIncrediblesTreatedCinema Author:Ferran Adria
“I think the equipment you use has a real, visible influence on the character of your photography. You're going to work differently, and make different kinds of pictures, if you have to set up a view camera on a tripod than if you're Lee Friedlander with handheld 35 mm rangefinder. But fundamentally, vision is not about which camera or how many megapixels you have, it's about what you find important. It's all about ideas.” IfsThinkingKindImportantIdeasDifferentRealCharacterUseViewsVisionInfluencePhotographyCamerasVisibleDifferent KindsEquipmentGoing To WorkTripods Author:Keith Carter
“Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!” TakenInfluencePhotographyPhotographer Author:John Sexton
“The ambition of instantaneous photography... was that of preserving the spontaneity of action and avoiding any indication that the presence of the picture taker had a modifying influence on what was going on.” ActionInfluenceAmbitionPhotographyAvoidingSpontaneityIndicationInstantaneousModifying Author:Rudolf Arnheim
“The lens, that allegedly impartial eye, permits all possible distortions of reality... The importance of photography lies not only in the fact that it is a creation, but above all in the fact that it is one of the most effective means of shaping our ideas and influencing our behavior.” MeanIdeasFactsRealityEyeLyingInfluenceCreationBehaviorPhotographyImportancePermitLensesDistortion Author:Gisele Freund
“In my view, photography and painting really share one history. The influences that work on one, work on the other.” ViewsShareInfluencePaintingPhotography Author:Jack Welpott
“From a literary standpoint, I've been loving Raymond Carver's short stories, William Carlos Williams' poems, Richard Siken's 'Crush', John Fante, and Jim Harrison's book of ghazals. I love film and photography too, so many of my songs are very image rich from those influences.” BookStoriesFilmSongRichInfluencePhotographyCrushShort StoryStandpointLove FilmsCarver Author:Greta Salpeter
“Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself.” InfluencePhotographyMusic IsBigger Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.” PeopleThinkingLittlesCertainInfluenceTeachingTalentPhotographyPhotographerLearnersPhotography By Photographers Author:Imogen Cunningham