“If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.” — Ansel Adams
“I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance.” — Ansel Adams · The Negative (1981), introduction to second edition
“For me the future of the image is going to be in electronic form.” — Ansel Adams · Interview with Paul Hill (March 1975), published in Dialogue with Photography (1979)
“The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.” — Ansel Adams · 'A Personal Credo' (1943), published in American Annual of Photography (1944)
“The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.” — Ansel Adams · Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (1985)