Andre Kertesz Quotes
- Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph
- I can do something with almost anything I see. Everything is still interesting to me.
- I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that's what I'll stay until the end of my life. Because I'm forever a…
- Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a…
- My talent lies in the fact that I cannot touch a camera without expressing myself.
- The most valuable things in a life are a man's memories. And they are priceless.
- If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But…
- I can't talk about my style. It us kind of difficult for me. I don't like styles. I only like taking photos and expressing myself…
- I do not document anything, I give an interpretation.
- The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.
- The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can look, but they…
- Technique isn't important. Technique is in the blood. Events and mood are more important than good light and the happening is what is important
- For this very reason I refuse all the tricks of the trade and professional virtuosity which could make me betray my career. As soon as I…
- I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.
- I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life.
- The photographer's art is a continuous discovery which requires patience and time.
- People in motion are wonderful to photograph. It means catching the right moment... when one thing changes into something else.
- I do what I feel, that's all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That's all I've ever done.
- Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison d'�tre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a…