Camera Quotes

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The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a… — Stanley Kubrick
When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an unusual thing to… — Stanley Kubrick
Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is one they would like to show the world… — Irving Penn
And the president should be doing more about education than saying, 'Lights, camera, action.' — Dick Gephardt
They say the camera never lies. It lies every day. — Cesar Romero
When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take… — Elliott Erwitt
Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or… — Philippe Halsman
In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb muscles.… — Philippe Halsman
I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to seduce a camera as if… — Philippe Halsman
The head of the photographer is more important than his camera — Philippe Halsman
Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot make them drop… — Philippe Halsman
I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making. — Philippe Halsman
Bette Davis taught Hollywood to follow an actress instead of the actress following the camera, and she's probably the best movie actress there's ever been. — Elaine Stritch
I raised my right hand and placed my left on the Quran, which was being held by my wife and mom. Suddenly, I was blinded… — Keith Ellison
My eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs has been my messages that I tried to scatter across the… — Woody Guthrie
Photography to me is an addiction. I get jittery after a couple of days without a camera. Everyone who knows me says I'm happiest when… — Rankin
A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an… — Paul Muni
When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm… — Robert Mapplethorpe
The camera is the eye of history. — Mathew Brady
Although there is a sense in which the camera does indeed capture reality, not just interpret it, photographs are as much an interpretation of the… — Susan Sontag

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