“It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.”

“We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.”

“To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye and the heart.”

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

“Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.”

“To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.”

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