Quotes from William Mortensen

Nature is an unpleasing, stupid, lumpy, blowsy wench.

1. The picture must, by its mere arrangement, make you look at it. 2. Having looked—see! 3. Having seen—enjoy! The

Photography, like any other art, is a form of communication. The artist is not blowing bubbles for his own gratification, but is speaking a language, is telling somebody something.