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Freeman Patterson - From the Artists category:
Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium and skilled in using many of them. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Challenge category:
The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated 'wholes' will remain a lifelong challenge. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Creativity category:
Creation and creativity are inextricably linked. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Earth category:
The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools... (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Expression category:
The camera always points both ways. In expressing your subject, you also express yourself. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Meaning category:
Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement... (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Nature category:
Unlike a child in a totally urban environment, my friends and peer group were not only other children, but also wild and domesticated animals, plants of every sort, brooks and waterfalls, rocks and sand. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Passion category:
No amount of technical knowledge and competence is, of itself, sufficient to make a craftperson into an artist. That requires caring - passionate caring about ultimate things. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Photography category:
Thirty-six satisfactory exposures on a roll means a photographer is not trying anything new. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Questions category:
Consciously and unconsciously, an artist engaged in serious work is always raising or dealing with the question, 'What really matters?' (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Religion category:
There is a close connection between art and religion in the sense that both are concerned about questions of meaning - if not about the meaning of existence generally, then certainly about the meaning of one's individual life and how a person relates to his or her total community/environment. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Rules category:
There's only one rule in photography - never develop colour film in chicken noodle soup. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Seeing category:
Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter with your whole being. It means looking beyond the labels of things and discovering the remarkable world around you. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Subject category:
I photograph Nature, which includes human beings. (Freeman Patterson)
Freeman Patterson - From the Workshops category:
It seems to me that the whole purpose of the workshops is really twofold. One - to help people make better pictures, and two - to unleash their creativity to the fullest amount that they possibly can. (Freeman Patterson)
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