Alfred Stieglitz

I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my passion. The camera is my instrument. The world is my subject. My work is my statement.

Photography is not an art. It is a medium. If you are an artist, you can use photography to create art.

My aim is to make my photographs tell the story of the world as I see it, and to make them so real that they will be a part of the world itself.

I want to photograph America. I want to photograph the soul of America.

The camera is a tool, an instrument. It is not an end in itself.

I have always been interested in the relationship between photography and painting.

I believe in the absolute truth of photography.

My photographs are not merely records of facts, but are expressions of my feelings.

I am not interested in making pretty pictures. I am interested in making photographs that are alive.

The photograph is a document, but it is also a work of art.

I have always tried to be true to myself and to my vision.

The artist is a channel through which the universe expresses itself.

I believe in the power of the individual to create something new and meaningful.

My life has been a constant struggle to express myself.

I have always been a rebel, a nonconformist.

The world is full of beauty, if only we take the time to see it.

I am not interested in what things look like, but in what they are.

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.

I want to show the world what I feel, not just what I see.

The camera is my eye, my heart, my soul.