Eadweard Muybridge: In Their Own Words

"We have become so accustomed to see [the galloping horse] in art that it has imperceptibly dominated our understanding, and we think the representation to be unimpeachable, until we throw off all our preconceived impressions on one side, and seek the truth by independent observation from Nature herself."

"I herewith enclose you a photograph made from a negative, which I believe to have been more rapidly executed than any ever made hitherto."