Shutter Quotes

41 quotes by 36 authors

The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but… — Paul Strand
Taking photographs can assuage the itch for possession sparked by the beauty of a place; our anxiety over losing a precious scene can decline with… — Alain de Botton
If you see something you have seen before, don't click the shutter. — Alexey Brodovitch
Photography is much more about elimination than inclusion. The images we make with a lens typically eliminate ninety percent of our field of view and… — John Paul Caponigro
Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter. — Alfred Eisenstaedt
Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. — David Hockney
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. — Christopher Isherwood
Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera. — Yousuf Karsh
In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter. — Jerzy Kosinski
He owned an expensive camera that required thought before you pressed the shutter, and I quickly became his favorite subject, round-faced, missing teeth, my thick… — Jhumpa Lahiri
I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed. — Christopher Isherwood
In the beginning it was always the same. But. I kept trying. Then one day I accidentally moved as the shutter clicked. A shadow appeared.… — Nicole Krauss
When you see such photos, you can't help but wonder at just how sweet and sad and innocent all moments of life are rendered by… — Douglas Coupland
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Recording the man shaving at the window opposite and the woman in… — Christopher Isherwood
Images flicker, each one bringing its own sorrow or its own smile. Sometimes both. At the very worst, an impenetrable and sightless black and at… — Pittacus Lore
...what good would it do to shutter your windows, never dream of rainbows or find hope in promises? Why choose to walk away rather than… — Ellen Hopkins
As soon as I look up, his eyes click onto my face. The breath whooshes out of my body and everything freezes for a second,… — Lauren Oliver
In the early days of picture-taking, the exposure shutter had to stay open for a long time, so you had to stay really still. — Eve Plumb
It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter. — Alfred Eisenstaedt
As soon as I look up, his eyes click onto my face. The breath whooshes out of my body and everything freezes for a second,… — Lauren Oliver

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