A Quote by Ernst Haas

A picture is the expression of an impression

Ernst Haas

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Ernst Haas
Austrian - Photographer
March 2, 1921 - September 12, 1986

A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?

Ernst Haas

Any point of view is interesting that is a direct impression of life. You each have an impression colored by your individual conditions; make that into a picture, a picture framed by your own personal wisdom, your glimpse of the American world.

Henry James

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.

Edmond de Goncourt

Art is something given, not reproduced... the painter paints what he sees with his innermost senses, the expression of his being... for him every other impression becomes an inner expression.

Herwarth Walden

It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made.

Robert Hamer

Impression minus expression leads to spiritual depression.

Joseph C. Aldrich

There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.

Simon Cowell

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.

Kate McKinnon

The only picture I have of my childhood is the picture of me in kindergarten. I have this expression on my face - it's not a smile, it's not a frown. I swear to you, that's the girl who wakes up in the morning and who looks around her house and her life saying, 'I cannot believe how God has blessed me.'

Viola Davis

When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book.

Kate Bernheimer

A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.

Robert Henri

Must you know that yours will be the “better” picture before you pick up the brush and paint? Can it not simply be another picture? Another expression of beauty? Must a rose be “better” than an iris in order to justify it’s existence? I tell you this: you are all flowers in the Garden of the Gods.

Neale Donald Walsch

Do not make an effort to impress others. When you come from the self, your expression is perfect and your impression lasts for ages.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I thought my singing and songwriting were good, but nothing different. Then you're presented with this picture image that contradicts the impression you get from listening to the record.