Quotes about photography, it's purpose, it's beauty, it's ability to tell a story, and it's inherent nature to say more than words can with a picture.
A Quote about Years & Personal Biographies

After a certain number of years,
our faces become our biographies.

Photograph of American short story writer, novelist, and writer Cynthia Ozick
Cynthia Ozick
American Short Story Writer, Novelist, & Essayist
A Quote about Photography & How It Sparks Memories

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

Portrait of American Sports Writer & Novelist Frank Deford
Frank Deford
American Novelist & Sportswriter
Walt Disney Speaks of Mass Communication with Pictures

Of all our inventions for mass communication,
pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

Walt Disney Photograph of Him Holding a Camera
Walt Disney
An Icon of American History | Entrepreneur | Cartoonist | Animator | Actor | Film Producer | Visionary | Hollywood Mogul | Theme Park Creator
A Quote about Being Happy in the Present

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past.
Photos are a great memory prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.

Gretchen Craft Rubin Portrait for her Quote on Happiness, Photos, and Memories
Gretchen Rubin
Author & Speaker
A Quote about the Tele-Photo Lens of Memories

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

John Updike
John Updike
American Novelist, Poet, Critic, and Writer
A Quote about Photography & Where Photos Live Digitally

Instagram was created because there was no single place dedicated to giving your mobile photos a place to live and be seen.

Portrait Photograph of Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder of Instagram
Kevin Systrom
Social Media Pioneer | Co-Founder of Instagram
A Quote about Longevity, Time, & Photography

Photography does not create eternity, as art does;
it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.

Portrait of Andre Bazin
Andre Bazin
French Film Critic & Theorist
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 History & Digital Photography from David Bailey

The first half of the twentieth century belongs to Picasso,
and the second half is about photography. They said digital would kill photography because everyone can do it, but they said that about the box brownie in 1885 when it came out. It makes photography interesting because everyone (...)

David Bailey Portrait
David Bailey
English Fashion & Portrait Photographer
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
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