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I love painting. As far as photography is concerned, I understand nothing.


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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.

It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.



One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.

One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.



To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.



Sharpness is a bourgeois concept

Sharpness is a bourgeois concept



In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.



Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.



For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.



Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.



Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.



You just have to live and life will give you pictures.

You just have to live and life will give you pictures.





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Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.



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I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things.



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It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else.



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