All Alexey Brodovitch Quotes
- When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he must… Camera
- The personality and style of a photographer usually limits the type of subject with which he deals best. For example Cartier-Bresson is very interested in… Best
- The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence… Behind
- When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture… Appeal
- Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture or through… Achieved
- It is every photographer's responsibility to discover new images and a new personal way of looking at things. If he can do this his pictures… Attention
- Outstanding past work in photography, and in fact in all the arts, is very important to today's photographers. But it should be used for inspiration… All
- Photographers should make three or four prints from one negative and then crop them differently. When I was art director at Harper's Bazaar and at… Agencies
- It is the end result that counts. Counts
- It is the photographer's decision at the two levels of seeing the picture - when it is shot and when it is chosen and printed… Chosen
- It is the unexpected and the surprise quality of a personal vision, rather than the emotion, which make people respond to a photograph. Emotion
- What is of value is that a particular photographer sees the subject differently than I do. A good picture must be a completely individual expression… Completely
- The creative life of the commercial photographer is like the life of a butterfly. Very seldom do we see a photographer who is really productive… Butterfly
- What is good today may be a cliche tomorrow. Cliche
- Imitation is the greatest danger of the young [artist]. Artist
- If you see something you have seen before, don't click the shutter. Click
- The best way to achieve surprise quality is by avoiding cliches. Achieve