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> [ You look at it \[a photograph\] and all around the real world is humming, buzzing and moving, and yet in this little frame there is stillness that looks like the world. That connection, that collision, that interfacing, is one of… ](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/)

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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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