Quotes from Edward Weston

I see no reason for recording the obvious.

Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.

Is love like art - something always ahead, never quite attained.

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!

When a photographer masters the tools and processes of the art, then the quality of the work is only limited by his creative vision.

I always work better when I do not reason, when no question of right or wrong enter in,-when my pulse quickens to the form before me without hesitation nor calculation.

To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.

I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.

Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic.

Photography suits the temper of this age -- of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.