Though many painters and sculptors talk glibly of going in for photogr…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Though many painters and sculptors talk glibly of going in for photography, you will find that very few of them can ever make a picture by photography; they lack the science, technical knowledge, and above all the practice. Most people think they can play tennis, shoot, write novels, and photograph as well as any other person - until they try.
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