Quote by Edward Steichen
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper th

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. – Edward Steichen

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I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself. – Edward Steichen

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When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration. – Edward Steichen

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A metaphysical tour de force of untethered meaning and involuting interlocking contrapuntal rhythms, The Clock is more than a movie or even a work of art. It is so strange and other-ish that it becomes a stream-of-consciousness algorithm unto itself – something almost inhuman. – Jerry Saltz

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My culture-deprived, aspirational mother dragged me once a month from our northern suburb – where the word art never came up – to the Art Institute of Chicago. I hated it. – Jerry Saltz

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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. – William Hazlitt

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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. – John Ruskin

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