Quotes about longevity and time and such.
A Quote about Bringing the Past into the Present

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed;
but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it.

A Portrait of American artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel
American Artist & Filmmaker
A Quote about Photography & Re-Living the Past from Ernst Haas

With photography a new language has been created.
Now, for the first time, it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, RENEW PAST EXPERIENCES AT WILL!

Ernst Haas self portrait.
Ernst Haas
Photojournalist & Pioneering Color Photographer
A Quote from Photographer Paul Strand about "Seeing"

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.

A portrait of photographer Paul Strand with a medium format camera.
Paul Strand
Photographer & Film Maker
A Quote about the Present & the Past from Berenice Abbott

Photography can only represent the present.
Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

Berenice Abbott the American Photographer from the 1930's
Berenice Abbott
1930's Photographer from Springfield Ohio
A Quote about Moments & Photography

Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.

Jacques Henri Lartigue Self Portrait
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Photographer & Painter
A Quote about Photography from Dorothea Lange

Photography takes an instant out of time,
altering life by holding it still.

Dorothea Lange Photograph of herself.
Dorothea Lange
American Documentary Photojournalist
A Quote about Photography from Aaron Siskind

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.
What you have caught on film is captured forever..... It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.

A portrait of Aaron Siskind
Aaron Siskind
Abstract Impressionist & Photographer
A Quote about Precious Little Things from Edwin Booth

When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

Edwin Booth Quote
Edwin Booth
19th Century American Actor
Remember When Thirty Seemed Old? A Quote about Remembering

Remember when thirty seemed so old?
Now lookin' back it's just a steppin' stone. To where we are, where we've been, said we'd do it all again.
Remember when...?

Alan Jackson when 30 Seemed so Old
Alan Jackson
American Singer/Songwriter
A Quote about Family, Friends, & A Smile from Willie Stargell

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

Willie Stargell head shot as he quotes his thoughts about family and friends.
Willie Stargell
"Pops", MLB Baseball Player
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