When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

  • -- Ansel Adams 亚当斯

当文字变得模糊时,我将用照片聚焦。当形象变得不合适时,我将满足于沉默。

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With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will.

摄影创造了一种新的语言。现在,我们第一次可以用现实来表达现实。我们可以看着一个印象,只要我们愿意,我们可以深入研究它,可以说,恢复过去的经验随意。

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

在我的脑海里,我想象着一个特别的……视觉和感觉会出现在印刷品上。如果它让我兴奋,很有可能拍出一张好照片。这是一种直觉,一种来自大量实践的能力。

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

没有人有权规定其他人应该感知、创造或生产什么,但应该鼓励所有人展示自己、自己的感知和情感,并在创新精神中建立信心。

What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner of blacks, poems I could take into a tavern, into the street, into the halls of a housing project.

我现在在工作中为之奋斗的…对于一种与所有黑人有关的表达方式,我可以把诗歌带进酒馆,带进街道,带进一个住宅项目的大厅。

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.

伟大的艺术是解决外在世界和内在世界需求之间冲突的表现。

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

任何努力的成功都取决于它在多大程度上是你真实自我的表现。

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

我们应该压制任何反对言论自由的人。

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

我发现,沉默其实是你能听到的。