I will start with probably my favourite photography based quote of all time.

“Some people’s photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already.” – Helmut Newton. Go Helmut!

And now some more.

“The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image.” – Anne Geddes.

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” – Ansel Adams

“Every hot girl who can aim a camera thinks she’s a photographer. Ooh, you took a black and white picture of a lawn chair and its shadow and developed it at Sav-On. You must be so brooding and deep.” – Stewie Griffin, Family Guy.

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” – Ansel Adams.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” – Lewis Hine.

“When people ask what equipment I use – I tell them my eyes.” – Anonymous.

“I never have taken a picture I’ve intended. They’re always better or worse.” – Diane Arbus.

“Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don’t have the film.” – Stephen Wright.

“Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.” – Garry Winogrand.

“Amateurs talk about equipment. Professionals talk about photos.” – Anonymous

“Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns.” – Anonymous

“I have a very good memory, but it’s short. Thank god for photography.” – John E. Burkowski

“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” – Robert Capa.

“When your mouth drops open, click the shutter.” – Harold Feinstein

A lot of these quotes I have collected over the past few years, but there are thousands more at http://www.photoquotes.com/.