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Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.


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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.



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

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



It's seldom you make a great picture. you have to milk the cow quite a lot to get plenty of milk to make a little cheese.

It's seldom you make a great picture. you have to milk the cow quite a lot to get plenty of milk to make a little cheese.





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The house burned in the fire. Her house. Her prison of lies and of denial. Her American dream turned nightmare.”~Unbreakable Heart



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I need no alibi, I did steal your heart.

I need no alibi, I did steal your heart.



Perhaps it also demonstrates that any young girl can live quite healthily on coarse bread and clear water – so long as she has fine clothes.

Perhaps it also demonstrates that any young girl can live quite healthily on coarse bread and clear water – so long as she has fine clothes.



Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after; it's just about today

Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after; it's just about today



Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.



Handing over a bank note is enough to make a bicycle belong to me, but my entire life is needed to realize this possession.

Handing over a bank note is enough to make a bicycle belong to me, but my entire life is needed to realize this possession.



In order for the Prevail Scenario to work ... you will have to have a world in which you have both differences between people and opportunities for intense connectedness.

In order for the Prevail Scenario to work ... you will have to have a world in which you have both differences between people and opportunities for intense connectedness.



Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees.

Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees.




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