Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Louis Daguerre

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French artist Louis Daguerre.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter, scenic designer, and a developer of the diorama theatre.

French - Artist | November 18, 1787 - July 10, 1851

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The discovery I announce to the public is one of the small number which, by their principles, their results, and the beneficial influence which they exert upon the arts, are counted among the most useful and extraordinary inventions.

Louis Daguerre

I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight.

Louis Daguerre

...the daguerreotype is not merely an instrument which serves to draw Nature; on the contrary it is a chemical and physical process which gives her the power to reproduce herself.

Louis Daguerre

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Louis Daguerre

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