Great Throughts Treasury

"Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind."

"All things look good from far away and it is man's eternally persistent childlike faith in the reality of that illusion that has made him the triumphant restless being he is."

"If to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised."

"No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want."

"If asked in what place of the world one is likely to find the greatest number of wonders, I would name Armenia first of all."

"The camera"

"Vaster is Man than his works."

"You need to learn to see and compose. The more time you waste worrying about your equipment the less time you"