Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it.

Annie Leibovitz's Popular Quotes

Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography.

- Annie Leibovitz

I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken, I worry about you.

- Annie Leibovitz

In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image. Every time there is som…

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Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a photograph. When you trust your point o…

- Annie Leibovitz

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.

- Annie Leibovitz

There's an idea that it's hard to be a woman artist. People assume that women have fewer opportunities, less power. But it's not any harder to be a w…

- Annie Leibovitz

A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments.

- Annie Leibovitz

Nature is so powerful, so strong. It takes you to a place within yourself.

- Annie Leibovitz

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.

- Annie Leibovitz