I just get the will to do it. I don’t plan a photograph in advance… I work by impulse. No philosophy. No ideas. Not by the head but by the eyes. Eventually inspiration comes-instinct is the same as inspiration, and… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
One could think of a person who seems to have two opposing and contradictory sides to his personality; but it turns out that in… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
Before the Conquest all art was of the people, and popular art has never ceased to exist in Mexico. The art called popular is… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
A photographer's main instrument is his eyes. Strange as it may seem, many photographers choose to use the eyes of another photographer, past or… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
I just get the will to do it. I don’t plan a photograph in advance… I work by impulse. No philosophy. No ideas. Not… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
There is no other art with as great a democratic capacity as photography. — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
I think that light and shadow have exactly the same duality that exists between life and death. — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
I think that a visual artist's philosophy develops much more freely than a writer's or a thinker's philosophy. It is not so disciplined. The… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
