Charles Sheeler Quotes & Sayings

Photography is nature seen from the eyes outwards. Painting is nature seen from the eyes inwards. — Charles Sheeler

Isn't it amazing how photography has advanced without improving. — Charles Sheeler

Every age manifests itself by some external evidence. In a period such as ours when only a comparatively few individuals seem to be given to religion, some form other than the Gothic cathedral must be found. Industry concerns the greatest numbers-it may be true, as has been said, that our factories are our substitute for religious expression. — Charles Sheeler

I favor a picture which arrives at its destination without the evidence of a trying journey rather than one which shows the marks of battle. — Charles Sheeler