Once Destroyed, Nature's Beauty Cannot Be Repurchased

Art Is Both The Taking And Giving Of Beauty, The Turning Out To The Light Of The Inner Folds Of The Awareness Of The Spirit.

For Me The Future Of The Image Is Going To Be In Electronic Form... You Will See Perfectly Beautiful Images On An Electronic Screen. And Id Say That Would Be Very Handsome. They Would Be Almost As Close As The Best Reproductions.

All I Can Do In My Writing Is To Stimulate A Certain Amount Of Thought, Clarify Some Technical Facts And Date My Work. But When I Preach Sharpness, Brilliancy, Scale, Etc., I Am Just Mouthing Words, Because No Words Can Really Describe Those Terms And Qualities It Takes The Actual Print To Say, “here It Is.

I Usually Have An Immediate Recognition Of The Potential Image, And I Have Found That Too Much Concern About Matters Such As Conventional Composition May Take The Edge Off The First Inclusive Reaction.

Yosemite Valley, To Me, Is Always A Sunrise, A Glitter Of Green And Golden Wonder In A Vast Edifice Of Stone And Space. I Know Of No Sculpture, Painting Or Music That Exceeds The Compelling Spiritual Command Of The Soaring Shape Of Granite Cliff And Dome, Of Patina Of Light On Rock And Forest, And Of The Thunder And Whispering Of The Falling, Flowing Waters. At First The Colossal Aspect May Dominate; Then We Perceive And Respond To The Delicate And Persuasive Complex Of Nature.