I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
Our children think our world will end. It's a tragic thing. Adults don't think that. They don't see that we are eating the planet.… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
I learned to be a hot-air balloon pilot to take tourists over the Masai Mara Reserve in order to earn some money and finance… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
The trust we build over the years if of tremendous help to me when I start in a new project and need to find… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert when it comes to technology, but what changed things for me was autofocus. I used to have to throw away… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
An image of the earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for 'National Geographic,' and they gave us a lot of film. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
