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> [When I photographed Marilyn Monroe, I mixed up my cameras - one had black-and-white film, the other color. I took many pictures. Only two color ones came out all right. My favorite picture of Marilyn hangs always on the wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/when-i-photographed-marilyn-monroe-i-mixed-up-my-cameras-one-had/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

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## More by Alfred Eisenstaedt

> [In New York’s Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/in-new-york-s-times-square-a-white-clad-girl-clutches-her-purse-and/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/people-will-never-understand-the-patience-a-photographer-requires-to/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [The important thing is not the camera but the eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/the-important-thing-is-not-the-camera-but-the-eye/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [I don’t use an exposure meter. My personal advice is: Spend the money you would put into such an instrument for film. Buy yards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/i-don-t-use-an-exposure-meter-my-personal-advice-is-spend-the-money/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/never-boss-people-around-it-s-more-important-to-click-with-people/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [Photographers don't need to be aggressive. Some are. Henry Benson is aggressive - but then he's from Fleet Street. If you can talk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/photographers-don-t-need-to-be-aggressive-some-are-henry-benson-is/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [I will be remembered when I'm in heaven. People won't remember my name, but they will know the photographer who did that picture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/i-will-be-remembered-when-i-m-in-heaven-people-won-t-remember-my-name/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/we-are-only-beginning-to-learn-what-to-say-in-a-photograph-the-world/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [I see pictures all the time. I could stay for hours and watch a raindrop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/i-see-pictures-all-the-time-i-could-stay-for-hours-and-watch-a/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/yes-i-sold-buttons-to-earn-living-but-i-took-pictures-to-keep-on/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [The most important thing... is not clicking the shutter... it is clicking with the subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/the-most-important-thing-is-not-clicking-the-shutter-it-is-clicking/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/i-always-prefer-photographing-in-available-light-or-rembrandt-light-i/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/when-i-have-a-camera-in-my-hand-i-know-no-fear/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/i-dream-that-someday-the-step-between-my-mind-and-my-finger-will-no/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

> [The way I would describe a pictorial is that it is a picture that makes everybody say ‘Aaaaah,’ with five vowels when they see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/the-way-i-would-describe-a-pictorial-is-that-it-is-a-picture-that/)

[Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/)

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