You know... that a blank wall is an appalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a canvas - a piece of film - or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something - that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.
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A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.Edward Steichen
When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.
Edward Steichen
The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.
Edward Steichen
There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.
Edward Steichen
When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.
Edward Steichen
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
Edward Steichen
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