--- title: "27 Use Camera Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 27 Use Camera quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Use Camera sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/gareth-evans-6294_camera_there-are-moments-in-the-raid-2-where-i_2717382.jpg" --- > [There are moments in 'The Raid 2' where I wanted to use the camera to question screen violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-evans/there-are-moments-in-the-raid-2-where-i-wanted-to-use-the-camera-to/) [Gareth Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gareth-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/gareth-evans-6294_camera_there-are-moments-in-the-raid-2-where-i_2717382.jpg) > [I'm technologically an imbecile. But I do use the camera phone!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-peet/i-m-technologically-an-imbecile-but-i-do-use-the-camera-phone/) [Amanda Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-peet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/amanda-peet-12108_camera_i-m-technologically-an-imbecile-but-i-do_2798340.jpg) > [One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/one-should-really-use-the-camera-as-though-tomorrow-you-d-be-stricken/) [Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/dorothea-lange-13986_blind_one-should-really-use-the-camera-as-thou_50368.png) > [There is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/there-is-an-aggression-implicit-in-every-use-of-the-camera/) [Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/susan-sontag-332_aggression_there-is-an-aggression-implicit-in-every_453322.jpg) > [You can't use your camera as a shield against human suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zana-briski/you-can-t-use-your-camera-as-a-shield-against-human-suffering/) [Zana Briski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zana-briski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/zana-briski-70010_cameras_you-can-t-use-your-camera-as-a-shield-ag_1077984.jpg) > [When I use the camera, I often feel likeI know part of the people or places I come in contact with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christophe-agou/when-i-use-the-camera-i-often-feel-likei-know-part-of-the-people-or/) [Christophe Agou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christophe-agou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/christophe-agou-52005_camera_when-i-use-the-camera-i-often-feel-likei_3075778.png) > [I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-scott/i-m-trying-to-use-the-camera-to-get-into-people-s-heads-i-use-camera/) [Tony Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/tony-scott-13572_camera_i-m-trying-to-use-the-camera-to-get-into_1515169.png) > [I got into photography in sixth grade. My father let me use his camera and then got me my first Pentax K1000.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-reichardt/i-got-into-photography-in-sixth-grade-my-father-let-me-use-his-camera/) [Kelly Reichardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-reichardt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/kelly-reichardt-3976_camera_i-got-into-photography-in-sixth-grade-my_393682.png) > [ I feel like if I started to use it \[camera\] that way, it would be like a sin almost. I never show… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nan-goldin/i-feel-like-if-i-started-to-use-it-camera-that-way-it-would-be-like-a/) [Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nan-goldin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/nan-goldin-6289_camera_i-feel-like-if-i-started-to-use-it-camer_2611827.png) > [“Buying a new camera "because it takes great photos" is like buying a paint brush "because it paints great paintings." The REAL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gourley/buying-a-new-camera-because-it-takes-great-photos-is-like-buying-a/) [Kevin Gourley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gourley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/kevin-gourley-253509_camera_buying-a-new-camera-because-it-takes-gre_2729940.jpg) > [One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/one-should-really-use-the-camera-as-though-tomorrow-you-d-be-stricken-2/) [Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/dorothea-lange-13986_art-photography_one-should-really-use-the-camera-as-thou_2772402.jpg) > [You should never use the camera to make your pictures. You use yourself, your experience to make the picture with the camera.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-kratochvil/you-should-never-use-the-camera-to-make-your-pictures-you-use/) [Antonin Kratochvil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonin-kratochvil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/antonin-kratochvil-75999_cameras_you-should-never-use-the-camera-to-make_289781.jpg) > [I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty ... So I think it was a natural follow from that that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-parks/i-suffered-first-as-a-child-from-discrimination-poverty-so-i-think-it/) [Gordon Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/gordon-parks-14120_cameras_i-suffered-first-as-a-child-from-discrim_1406947.jpg) > [The use of the camera has always been for me a tool of investigation, a reason to travel, to not mind my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-lyon/the-use-of-the-camera-has-always-been-for-me-a-tool-of-investigation/) [Danny Lyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-lyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/danny-lyon-41657_camera_the-use-of-the-camera-has-always-been-fo_3208245.jpg) > [ I just use \[the camera\]. I just pick it up like an axe when I've got to chop down a tree. I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-ruscha/i-just-use-the-camera-i-just-pick-it-up-like-an-axe-when-i-ve-got-to/) [Edward Ruscha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-ruscha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/edward-ruscha-14231_camera_i-just-use-the-camera-i-just-pick-it-up_811281.jpg) > [Some cameras are heavier and need to be on tripods. Others are small enough to hide in your pocket. There are places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-mekas/some-cameras-are-heavier-and-need-to-be-on-tripods-others-are-small/) [Jonas Mekas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonas-mekas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/jonas-mekas-12648_cameras_some-cameras-are-heavier-and-need-to-be_862554.png) > [I can use the camera to make a place or landscape; the camera to a greater extent projects rather than takes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/i-can-use-the-camera-to-make-a-place-or-landscape-the-camera-to-a/) [Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/olafur-eliasson-18866_active_i-can-use-the-camera-to-make-a-place-or_473081.jpg) > [I use the camera as a dumb copying device that only serves to document whatever phenomenon appears before it through the conditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-huebler/i-use-the-camera-as-a-dumb-copying-device-that-only-serves-to/) [Douglas Huebler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-huebler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/douglas-huebler-57551_cameras_i-use-the-camera-as-a-dumb-copying-devic_1541630.jpg) > [I feel more like a creative artist using photography because there's - the digital work is so interesting now. It's come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-leibovitz/i-feel-more-like-a-creative-artist-using-photography-because-there-s/) [Annie Leibovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-leibovitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/annie-leibovitz-4011_art_i-feel-more-like-a-creative-artist-using_772157.jpg) > [I taught myself to use a camera - it's not very difficult to use a camera, but I never bothered looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-wearing/i-taught-myself-to-use-a-camera-it-s-not-very-difficult-to-use-a/) [Gillian Wearing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-wearing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/gillian-wearing-86710_bothered_i-taught-myself-to-use-a-camera-it-s-not_1630233.jpg) > [“Jay Maisel always says to bring your camera, ‘cause it’s tough to take a picture without it. Pursuant to the above aforementioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/jay-maisel-always-says-to-bring-your-camera-cause-it-s-tough-to-take/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/joe-mcnally-20875_books_jay-maisel-always-says-to-bring-your-cam_1469942.jpg) > [Making photos is helpful of course to master the craft. To get comfortable with the camera. Learn what a camera can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-nimoy/making-photos-is-helpful-of-course-to-master-the-craft-to-get/) [Leonard Nimoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-nimoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/leonard-nimoy-4535_cameras_making-photos-is-helpful-of-course-to-ma_1491904.png) > [As a whole, I am interested in the symbolic, rather than the literal use of the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-john-laughlin/as-a-whole-i-am-interested-in-the-symbolic-rather-than-the-literal/) [Clarence John Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-john-laughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/clarence-john-laughlin-35518_camera_as-a-whole-i-am-interested-in-the-symbol_457167.jpg) > [I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-mccullin/i-only-use-a-camera-like-i-use-a-toothbrush-it-does-the-job/) [Don McCullin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-mccullin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/don-mccullin-27351_cameras_i-only-use-a-camera-like-i-use-a-toothbr_2563726.jpg) > [Heath being camera shy.. He is use to being behind the camera(:](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jade/heath-being-camera-shy-he-is-use-to-being-behind-the-camera/) [Jade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/jade-794_best-friend_heath-being-camera-shy-he-is-use-to-bein_2109377.jpg) > [I can tell you what I personally use a camera for. Basically, it is to record a moment. A moment that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-armstrong-jones/i-can-tell-you-what-i-personally-use-a-camera-for-basically-it-is-to/) [Antony Armstrong-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-armstrong-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/antony-armstrong-jones-27998_camera_i-can-tell-you-what-i-personally-use-a-c_1798318.jpg) > [Some basic things I have picked up from Dad is how to interpret my character correctly, use the camera to my advantage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shriya-pilgaonkar/some-basic-things-i-have-picked-up-from-dad-is-how-to-interpret-my/) [Shriya Pilgaonkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shriya-pilgaonkar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/shriya-pilgaonkar-11222_basic-things_some-basic-things-i-have-picked-up-from_2608163.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/use-camera/#itemlist", "name": "Use Camera Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are moments in 'The Raid 2' where I wanted to use the camera to question screen violence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gareth Evans" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-evans/there-are-moments-in-the-raid-2-where-i-wanted-to-use-the-camera-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/gareth-evans-6294_camera_there-are-moments-in-the-raid-2-where-i_2717382.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/gareth-evans-6294_camera_there-are-moments-in-the-raid-2-where-i_2717382.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/gareth-evans-6294_camera_there-are-moments-in-the-raid-2-where-i_2717382.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are moments in 'The Raid 2' where I wanted to use the camera to question screen violence.” — Gareth Evans", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm technologically an imbecile. 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