Felt Quote by Robert Mapplethorpe

Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel.

— Susan Sontag

'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.

— Naomi Klein

It's not just about looking shocked if the scene demands it. It's about feeling that emotion. You can't lie to the camera, because it…

— Radhika Apte

I love shocking people.

— Esai Morales

It is the unexpected and the surprise quality of a personal vision, rather than the emotion, which make people respond to a photograph.

— Alexey Brodovitch

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

— Tony Benn

I believe that couture is not about shocking.

— Riccardo Tisci

The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I thought I was taking pictures of things that I hated. But there was something about these pictures. They were unexpectedly, disconcertingly glorious.

— Robert Adams

When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar…

— Alexey Brodovitch

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.

— Robert Henri

What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to…

— Martine Franck