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> [I'm not a collector at heart. I'm never tormented by the longing to possess things. I'm quite happy with my pictures. I've been cohabiting with them for years now and we know each other inside out, so I feel I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/i-m-not-a-collector-at-heart-i-m-never-tormented-by-the-longing-to/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

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## More by Robert Doisneau

> [You know, they always say that the photographer is a hunter of images. That is a flattering image, the idea of a hunter, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/you-know-they-always-say-that-the-photographer-is-a-hunter-of-images/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [Some days the mere fact of seeing feels like perfect happiness... You feel so rich you long to share your jubilation with others. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/some-days-the-mere-fact-of-seeing-feels-like-perfect-happiness-you/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there-even if you put them end to end, they still only add up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/a-hundredth-of-a-second-here-a-hundredth-of-a-second-there-even-if/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [A photographer who made a picture from a splendid moment, an accidental pose of someone or a beautiful scenery, is the finder of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/a-photographer-who-made-a-picture-from-a-splendid-moment-an/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [You've got to struggle against the pollution of intelligence in order to become an animal with very sharp instincts - a sort of intuitive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/you-ve-got-to-struggle-against-the-pollution-of-intelligence-in-order/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [Chance is the one thing you can't buy. You have to pay for it and you have to pay for it with your life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/chance-is-the-one-thing-you-can-t-buy-you-have-to-pay-for-it-and-you/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [The photographer must be absorbent, like a blotter, allow himself to be permeated by the poetic moment...His technique should be like an animal function...he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/the-photographer-must-be-absorbent-like-a-blotter-allow-himself-to-be/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [I'm not a collector at heart. I'm never tormented by the longing to possess things. I'm quite happy with my pictures. I've been cohabiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/i-m-not-a-collector-at-heart-i-m-never-tormented-by-the-longing-to/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [To freeze time, to hold on to youth, this business makes no sense. It's always time that wins in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/to-freeze-time-to-hold-on-to-youth-this-business-makes-no-sense-it-s/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [To suggest is to create; to describe is to destroy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/to-suggest-is-to-create-to-describe-is-to-destroy/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [If you take photos, don't speak, don't write, don't analyze yourself, and don't answer any questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/if-you-take-photos-don-t-speak-don-t-write-don-t-analyze-yourself-and/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/life-is-short-forgive-quickly-kiss-slowly/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [A memory from my youth comes back to me. You go into the woods on a bike, with a girl. There is the smell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/a-memory-from-my-youth-comes-back-to-me-you-go-into-the-woods-on-a/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/nowadays-people-s-visual-imagination-is-so-much-more-sophisticated-so/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

> [If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/if-i-knew-how-to-take-a-good-photograph-i-d-do-it-every-time/)

[Robert Doisneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-doisneau/)

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