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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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Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man. – Edward Steichen

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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. – Walter Benjamin

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All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. – Honore de Balzac

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