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For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.


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One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.



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To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.



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Sharpness is a bourgeois concept



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In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.



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For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.



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Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.



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I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.



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Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all the way.



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The right thing isn't always real obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else. So...good luck figuring that out.



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My movies before tend to be just funny. But it wasn't a conscious thing I was looking for at all.




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