Bring your ... Quotes and Sayings

[Ikinaa]

Last time on TV I heard someone say something really thoughtful and funny about photographs :

Isn't it funny how people look younger on older photographs ...

That gave me the idea to start this thread.

Anyone's got funny/thoughtful/interesting/etc quotes and sayings about photography?

Bring'em... :D

[HKMonkey]

From my favorite photographer:
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. ~Ansel Adams

And one for a chuckle:
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use? -Anonymous

[IndyJeff]

A good saying and also a great rule of thumb for action photography,


If you saw it happen, you didn't get the shot.

[timmyquest]

I'm kind of partial to the one in my sig 8)

[Bluelens]

I am sure everyone knows of this site, but I might as well post it anyway.

http://www.photoquotes.com

And since now that I am working with DIY studio things (made a light tent this weekend..time for macro shooting :) ) I especially like this quote since I can't afford the expensive professional studio gear.

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use. -Sam Abell

[cmM]

I had this quote in mind for a very long time (years), I just couldn't remember it exactly. My math teacher in high school used to say it all the time. I finally found it

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

[meow]

"I don't care about my looks but I wish people will see my soul and it appears more clearly in these photographs than in others"
--August Strindberg, said about a series of self-portraits

http://ababa.net/stuff/strindberg.jpg

[Canuck]

It is better to learn for the mistakes of others, thereby making you twice as smart as you might otherwise be. I have said this a few times.

[Roach711]

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take, and, statistically, 99% of those you do.

[Lamplight]

If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?

Ok, so that's terrible advice. :D

[Roy NN7DX]

"Most Lenses are Better Than Most Photographers" - Michael H. Reichmann

Don't look at me... I didn't make it up...

[hickory]

An amatuer photographer takes a thousand photos and shows you them all. And a professional takes a thousand photos and shows you one. :shock: (not sure who said it first)

tom

[PhotosGuy]

F-16, and be there!

[md6040]

"I'd be dead that shoot mediocre photographs."

[vfilby]

If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?

Ok, so that's terrible advice. :D

As a multi-musician I can tell you that this old adage is wholy incorrect. It should be "perfect practice makes perfect." I think the new one applies to everything including photography.

[Jon, The Elder]

This has guided me through many difficult times in my life-

"A wet bird never flys at night"

[Red]

A topical one from Joseph Stalin
It's not the people voting that counts, but the people counting the votes
And now one from Chris Moyles
If at first you don't suceed, destroy all evidence you tried