Believe Quote by Susan Orlean

Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul.

— Anna May Wong

If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a…

— Richard Avedon

People think the camera steals their soul. Places, I am convinced, are affected in the opposite direction. The more they are photographed (or drawn…

— John Pfahl

And I don't like having my picture taken. I'm almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of…

— Eric Clapton

Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen.

— Anne Sexton

Sometimes the soul takes pictures of the little things it has wished for, but never seen

— Anne

There are certain mystical belief systems that believe that taking pictures takes an aspect of the soul, but beyond that it's just the idea…

— Madonna Ciccone

Life is like posing for pictures, we pose the way we want to be seen by others but stolen shots are better. They capture…

— HOttieDeviL

At a certain point, the soul exits from a cherished photograph, because we have come to the end of our loving projection into that…

— Marni Jackson

For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that…

— Nan Goldin

I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer, I don't feel I take away, but rather that…

— Yousuf Karsh

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you…

— Mary Ellen Mark