Charles Sheeler Quotes

• Photography is nature seen from the eyes outward, painting from the eyes inward. Photography records inalterably the single image, while painting records a plurality of images willfully directed by the artist.

  Charles Sheeler

  Photography, Eye, Artist

  Charles Sheeler (1968). “Charles Sheeler: Essays by Martin Friedman, Bartlett Hayes [and] Charles Millard”

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• Photography is nature seen from the eyes outwards. Painting is nature seen from the eyes inwards.

  Charles Sheeler

  Photography, Eye, Painting

  Charles Sheeler (1968). “Charles Sheeler: Essays by Martin Friedman, Bartlett Hayes [and] Charles Millard”

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• Every age manifests itself by some external evidence. In a period such as ours when only a comparatively few individuals seem to be given to religion, some form other than the Gothic cathedral must be found. Industry concerns the greatest numbers-it may be true, as has been said, that our factories are our substitute for religious expression.

  Charles Sheeler

  Religious, Expression, Numbers

  Charles Brock, Charles Sheeler, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Art Institute of Chicago, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum (2006). “Charles Sheeler: across media”, University of California Press

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• I favor a picture which arrives at its destination without the evidence of a trying journey rather than one which shows the marks of battle.

  Charles Sheeler

  Journey, Battle, Trying

  Charles Brock, Charles Sheeler, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Art Institute of Chicago, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum (2006). “Charles Sheeler: across media”, University of California Press

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• Isn't it amazing how photography has advanced without improving.

  Charles Sheeler

  Photography, Improving

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