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“Words of wisdom for every photographer: 'Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking'. So said Goethe.”

Thinking Knowing Photography

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“If you cannot think of anything to say that is useful or enlightening about your images, then don't say anything. There are plenty of other people who would love to put words in your mouth.”

People Thinking Photography

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“Museum collections have given photography rigor, and mortis.”

Photography Museums

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“A few photographers make a killing; the rest can't make a living.”

Photography Photographer

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“Photography opens your eyes a little wider to the world around you.”

World Eye Photography

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful.”

Art Successful

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“I was offered $100,000 for a print. Then I woke up.”

Photography Print

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“Photography is inextricably linked with life; the photographer is not invisibly behind the camera but projecting a life-attitude through the lens to create an interference pattern with the image. Who he is, what he believes, not only becomes important to know intellectually, but also becomes revealed emotionally and visibly through a body of work.”

Believe Attitude Photography

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more familiar with each other, and handling will forge awkward fumbling and fondling into more satisfying and productive caresses and eventually into a comfortable working partnership. At this stage you will be ready to accompany your new camera into the world.”

Photography Cameras Awkward

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“Think clearly, act sensibly, commit yourself to caring and work hard in order to discover joy. Then give the images back to the world from which they were taken.”

Taken Hard Work Photography

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“If you are bored with your own photography you are really bored with what you are photographing, so pick a new subject about which you are knowledgeable and enthusiastic.”

Photography Bored Knowledgeable

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“My point is that meaning is always personal, changeable and subjective. There is no 'correct' interpretation of a photograph.”

Photography Photograph Interpretation

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