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> [Note 4. For these and other reasons the cat is also very hard to photograph. The best photographs are instantaneous, as the mere breathing of a cat will blur the fur in a time exposure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/note-4-for-these-and-other-reasons-the-cat-is-also-very-hard-to/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

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## More by Carl Van Vechten

> [The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/the-cat-seldom-interferes-with-other-people-s-rights-his-intelligence/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/cleanliness-in-the-cat-world-is-usually-a-virtue-put-above-godliness/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [Is a little experience too much to pay for learning to know oneself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/is-a-little-experience-too-much-to-pay-for-learning-to-know-oneself/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [I've photographed everybody from Matisse to Isamu Noguchi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/i-ve-photographed-everybody-from-matisse-to-isamu-noguchi/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/there-is-indeed-no-single-quality-of-the-cat-that-man-could-not/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [A cat is never vulgar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/a-cat-is-never-vulgar/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/the-lack-of-imagination-or-invention-most-people-display-in-naming/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [Catnip is vodka and whisky to most cats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/catnip-is-vodka-and-whisky-to-most-cats/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-this-world-those-who-long-to-be/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/cats-have-gnosis-to-a-degree-that-is-granted-to-few-bishops/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [Note 4. For these and other reasons the cat is also very hard to photograph. The best photographs are instantaneous, as the mere breathing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/note-4-for-these-and-other-reasons-the-cat-is-also-very-hard-to/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/as-an-inspiration-to-the-author-i-do-not-think-the-cat-can-be-over/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/the-cat-it-is-well-to-remember-remains-the-friend-of-man-because-it/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/an-ordinary-kitten-will-ask-more-questions-than-any-five-year-old/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

> [Paris is not a city I should care to approach for the first time after I had passed forty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-van-vechten/paris-is-not-a-city-i-should-care-to-approach-for-the-first-time/)

[Carl Van Vechten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-van-vechten/)

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