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> [I started out as a fashion photographer. One cannot say that I was successful but there was enough work to keep me busy. I collaborated with Harper's Bazaar and other magazines. I was constantly aware that those who hired me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-started-out-as-a-fashion-photographer-one-cannot-say-that-i-was/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

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## More by Saul Leiter

> [I admired a tremendous number of photographers, but for some reason I arrived at a point of view of my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-admired-a-tremendous-number-of-photographers-but-for-some-reason-i/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [I started out as a fashion photographer. One cannot say that I was successful but there was enough work to keep me busy. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-started-out-as-a-fashion-photographer-one-cannot-say-that-i-was/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-don-t-have-a-philosophy-i-have-a-camera/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [Seeing is a neglected enterprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/seeing-is-a-neglected-enterprise/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [ If I’d only known which \[photographs\] would be very good and liked, I wouldn’t have had to do all the thousands of others. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/if-i-d-only-known-which-photographs-would-be-very-good-and-liked-i/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [Max Kozloff said to me one day, ‘You’re not really a photographer. You do photography, but you do it for your own purposes –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/max-kozloff-said-to-me-one-day-you-re-not-really-a-photographer-you/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [I have a deep-seated distrust and even contempt for people who are driven by ambition to conquer the world … those who cannot control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-have-a-deep-seated-distrust-and-even-contempt-for-people-who-are/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [Photography allows you to learn to look and see. You begin to see things you'd never paid attention to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/photography-allows-you-to-learn-to-look-and-see-you-begin-to-see/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/when-we-do-not-know-why-the-photographer-has-taken-a-picture-and-when/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-go-out-to-take-a-walk-i-see-something-i-take-a-picture-i-take/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/in-order-to-build-a-career-and-to-be-successful-one-has-to-be/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [I leave these speculations to others. It’s quite possible that my work represents a search for beauty in the most prosaic and ordinary places.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-leave-these-speculations-to-others-it-s-quite-possible-that-my-work/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [The important thing in life is not what you get, but what you throw out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/the-important-thing-in-life-is-not-what-you-get-but-what-you-throw-out/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera. I look into the camera and take pictures. My photographs are the tiniest part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/i-don-t-have-a-philosophy-i-have-a-camera-i-look-into-the-camera-and/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

> [There are the things that are out in the open and then there are the things that are hidden, and life has more to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-leiter/there-are-the-things-that-are-out-in-the-open-and-then-there-are-the/)

[Saul Leiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-leiter/)

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