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> [ What makes \[photography\] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it's the reason we go on living. Photography is the joy that precedes pain, the moment of life just before death. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/what-makes-photography-obscene-is-its-terrible-cruelty-happiness-may/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

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## More by Nobuyoshi Araki

> [Art is all about doing what you shouldn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/art-is-all-about-doing-what-you-shouldn-t/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [In the act of love, as in photography, there is a form of life and a kind of slow death,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/in-the-act-of-love-as-in-photography-there-is-a-form-of-life-and-a/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [Only artists without talent try to shock people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/only-artists-without-talent-try-to-shock-people/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [There is a camera is between a man and a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/there-is-a-camera-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [The camera itself, the photograph itself, calls up death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/the-camera-itself-the-photograph-itself-calls-up-death/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/photography-is-about-a-single-point-of-a-moment-it-s-like-stopping/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/i-only-tie-up-woman-s-body-because-i-know-i-cannot-tie-up-her-heart/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [Photographs are diary entries That's all they can be. Photographs are just documentations of a day's event. At the same time, they drag the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/photographs-are-diary-entries-that-s-all-they-can-be-photographs-are/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [Don't you think that it is necessary to have a sense of brutality in photography?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/don-t-you-think-that-it-is-necessary-to-have-a-sense-of-brutality-in/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [Photography has always been associated with death. Reality is colorful, yet early photography always took the color out of reality and made it black-and-white.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/photography-has-always-been-associated-with-death-reality-is-colorful/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [I would say my sex drive is weaker than most. However, my lens has a permanent erection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/i-would-say-my-sex-drive-is-weaker-than-most-however-my-lens-has-a/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/you-are-either-born-to-be-a-photographer-or-not-the-art-of/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [A photographer cannot be inexperienced, or too mature. A photographer ought to be half-ripe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/a-photographer-cannot-be-inexperienced-or-too-mature-a-photographer/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [My photos are my diary. Every photo is no more than the representation of a single day. And each day contains the past and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/my-photos-are-my-diary-every-photo-is-no-more-than-the-representation/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

> [ What makes \[photography\] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it's the reason we go on living. Photography is the joy… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nobuyoshi-araki/what-makes-photography-obscene-is-its-terrible-cruelty-happiness-may/)

[Nobuyoshi Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nobuyoshi-araki/)

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