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Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.

~ Edward Weston

Any Anything Commonplace Excites Making Matter Me Photograph Reason Searching Subject Subject Matter Unusual Will

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Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

~ Edward Weston

Before Composition Consulting Going Gravity Laws Like Photograph Rules Taking Walk

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I see no reason for recording the obvious.

~ Edward Weston

I See No Reason Obvious Reason Recording See

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I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without.

~ Edward Weston

Along Anything Best Cameras Extravagant Further Gone Had Matter Most Photographic Things Without Work

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My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.

~ Edward Weston

Camera Change Entirely Eye Eyes Idea May More My Own Own Preliminary Scouts Search Than

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Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.

~ Edward Weston

Accomplished Before Composition Consult Consulting Fact Going Gravitation Law Laws Like Little Making Now Picture Products Reflection Rules Walk

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Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

~ Edward Weston

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Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

~ Edward Weston

Amateur Hard Hard Work How Matter Photography Pleasurable Professional Recreation Too Work

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There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me.

~ Edward Weston

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24 March, 1886

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