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> [I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/i-prefer-my-hesitations-my-false-paths-my-stammering-to-a/)

[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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-doisneau/i-m-not-a-collector-at-heart-i-m-never-tormented-by-the-longing-to/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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