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Yes, in the sense that the negative is like the composer’s score. Then, using that musical analogy, the print is the performance. (Paraphrased as "Film is the score and the print is the performance.")

— Ansel Adams

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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.

A Personal Credo (1943)

The herculean task of a photographer is to capture a momentary frame as beautiful in reality, as it would be in a dream.

No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied — it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.

Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (1985)

The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (1985)

If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.

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