Pixiq

Many of the people who follow me on twitter know that I love to post quotes from famous photographers.

Sometimes the quotes can spark conversation, which is good, but mostly I share them because in some way they made me think. I love to think about the process of photography and most times, I believe, that process begins somewhere deep inside each of us before it manifests into an image. So I guess I feel like these quotes help me get a little closer to the process of those particular photographers. 

Here are some of my favorite photography quotes for you to ponder. Enjoy!

Unless a picture shocks, it is nothing. - Marcel Duchamp

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it. - Emile Zola

If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time. - Robert Doisneau

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography. - Edward Weston

I have to be as much diplomat as a photographer. - Alfred Eisenstaedt

Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase. - Percy W. Harris

A good photographer must love life more than he does photography. - Joel Strasser

If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment. - Linda McCartney

Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like. - David Alan Harvey

Of course it's all luck. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. - Andy Warhol

Photography, like alcohol, should only be allowed to those who can do without it. - Walter Sickert

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it. - Edward Steichen

The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs. - Ken Rockwell

It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are. - Paul Caponigro

Your turn!

Did you see a quote that really spoke to you? Do you have a favorite photography quote that's not on this list?