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> [Then I thought, Whoa. If there are no photographs, then there is no history. I'm going to get in there. I'm going to make these pictures. We need a record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/then-i-thought-whoa-if-there-are-no-photographs-then-there-is-no/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

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## More by Joel Meyerowitz

> [A lot of what I am looking for is a moment of astonishment, he says. Those moments of pure consciousness when you involuntarily inhale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/a-lot-of-what-i-am-looking-for-is-a-moment-of-astonishment-he-says/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [I photographed the entire thing in color because to photograph it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/i-photographed-the-entire-thing-in-color-because-to-photograph-it-in/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [Making any statement of your feelings is risky. It's just like making pictures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/making-any-statement-of-your-feelings-is-risky-it-s-just-like-making/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [Then I thought, Whoa. If there are no photographs, then there is no history. I'm going to get in there. I'm going to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/then-i-thought-whoa-if-there-are-no-photographs-then-there-is-no/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [It comes down to risk, again and again. If you risk coming out, if you risk making pictures that aren’t good, you might discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/it-comes-down-to-risk-again-and-again-if-you-risk-coming-out-if-you/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [One of the things I learned on the street was to trust life and to keep hands off of it, and that feeling continues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/one-of-the-things-i-learned-on-the-street-was-to-trust-life-and-to/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [ They \[photographs\] teach you about your own unraveling past, or about the immediacy of yesterday. They show you what you look at. If you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/they-photographs-teach-you-about-your-own-unraveling-past-or-about/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [ \[The small camera\] taught me energy and decisiveness and immediacy ... The large camera taught me reverence, patience, and meditation. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/the-small-camera-taught-me-energy-and-decisiveness-and-immediacy-the/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> ['Tough' meant it was an uncompromising image, something that came from your gut, out of instinct, raw, of the moment, something that couldn't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/tough-meant-it-was-an-uncompromising-image-something-that-came-from/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [Photography is about being exquisitely present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/photography-is-about-being-exquisitely-present/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [ You look at it \[a photograph\] and all around the real world is humming, buzzing and moving, and yet in this little frame there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/you-look-at-it-a-photograph-and-all-around-the-real-world-is-humming/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [ I want to enjoy the languor of just living, recognizing, acknowledging, taking it in, sort of amplifying it in some way. \[Photography\] is a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/i-want-to-enjoy-the-languor-of-just-living-recognizing-acknowledging/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [We think of photography as pictures. And it is. But I think of photography as ideas. And do the pictures sustain your ideas or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/we-think-of-photography-as-pictures-and-it-is-but-i-think-of/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [What is the art experience about? Really, I'm not interested in making Art at all. I never, ever, think about it. To say the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/what-is-the-art-experience-about-really-i-m-not-interested-in-making/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

> [I believe that street photography is central to the issue of photography—that it is purely photographic, whereas the other genres, such as landscape and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/i-believe-that-street-photography-is-central-to-the-issue-of/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

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