… what the photographer has to be urged, persuaded and argued with, to do, are often matters which the artist never needs to think about, because it … - Alfred Horsley Hinton

A picture whether or not it is really true to fact must above all things appear true.

If we are to select our subjects or arrange our groups with a pictorial motive we must absolutely and entirely sacrifice every other consideration, and be prepared to cut out of our composition the prettiest and most interesting item, if by so doing composition pure and simple is improved. And if some subject you are attached to will not admit of composition or will not admit of your treating it pictorially, then photograph it if you wish, but never suppose that it will form a picture.

The desire to see for the sake of seeing is with most people the only desire to be gratified; hence the delight in detail.