I like people for their weaknesses and faults. I get on well with ordinary people. We talk. We start with the weather, and little by little we get to the important things. When I photograph them it is not as… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
Some days the mere fact of seeing feels like perfect happiness... You feel so rich you long to share your jubilation with others. The… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
A photographer who made a picture from a splendid moment, an accidental pose of someone or a beautiful scenery, is the finder of a… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
You've got to struggle against the pollution of intelligence in order to become an animal with very sharp instincts - a sort of intuitive… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
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,… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
To freeze time, to hold on to youth, this business makes no sense. It's always time that wins in the end. — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
If you take photos, don't speak, don't write, don't analyze yourself, and don't answer any questions. — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
