“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”

— Oscar Wilde

All the technique in the world doesn’t compensate for the inability to notice.

– Elliott Erwitt

“The eye is the organ through which you see the picture. The image…This mysterious entity, or non-entity, are what dreams are made of.”

– Robert Blomfield

“A photograph has picked up a fact of life, and that fact will live forever.”

– Raghu Rai

“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.”

– David Bailey

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

– Elliott Erwitt

“A photographer is an acrobat treading the high wire of chance, trying to capture shooting stars.”

-Guy Le Querrec

“A photograph is the pause button on life.”

-Ty Holland