'Photography takes an instant out of time,
altering life by holding it still.'
D o r o t h e a L a n g e
'Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen
late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.'
'A photograph is a secret about a secret.
The more it tells you, the less you know.'
D i a n e A r b u s
'If you wait, people will forget your camera
and the soul will drift up into view.'
S t e v e M c C u r r y
'Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.'
'Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.'
H e n r i C a r t i e r - B r e s s o n
'My portraits are more about me
than they are about the people I photograph.'
'My photographs don’t go below the surface. They don’t go below anything. They’re readings of the surface.
I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues.'
R i c h a r d A v e d o n
'There is no message in my photos. They're simple and don’t need explanation.'
'I hate dishonesty in pictures: the disgusting image shot in the name of an artistic principle. Blurry images. Grainy images. Bad technique.'
'In my vocabulary there are two bad words: art and good taste.'
'Look, I’m not an intellectual – I just take pictures.'
H e l m u t N e w t o n
'The eye should learn to listen before it looks.'
'There is one thing the photograph must contain,
the humanity of the moment.'
'Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.”
R o b e r t F r a n k
'A good photograph is knowing where to stand.'
'The sheer ease with which we can produce a
superficial image often leads to creative disaster.'
A n s e l A d a m s
'Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.'
'The secret of photography is the camera takes on
the character and personality of the handler.”
W a l k e r E v a n s
'If your pictures are not good enough you are not close enough.'
'The desire of any war photographer is to
be put out of business.'
R o b e r t C a p a
'If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.'
F e d e r i c o F e l l i n i
'There is a brief moment when all there is in a man’s mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.'
'Look and think before opening the shutter.
The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.'
Y o u s u f K a r s h
'You can observe a lot by just watching!'
'When you come to a fork in the road, take it.'
Y o g i B e r r a