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Brassai Quotes

Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable Picture Quote #1

I think education and intelligence (are) important, but not art. Not artistic education Picture Quote #1

My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time Picture Quote #1

After twenty years you can begin to be sure of what camera will do Picture Quote #1

To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain Picture Quote #1

In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it, you may take some beautiful pictures, but not a photographic oeuvre Picture Quote #1

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My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality. My only aim was to express reality, for there is nothing more surreal than reality itself. If reality fails to fill us with wonder, it is because we have fallen into the habit of seeing it as ordinary Picture Quote #1

I don’t invent anything. I imagine everything... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me. I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary Picture Quote #1

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own Picture Quote #1

There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters Picture Quote #1

Photography in our time leaves us with a grave responsibility. While we are playing in our studios with broken flowerpots, oranges, nude studies and still lifes, one day we know that we will be brought to account: life is passing before our eyes without our ever having seen a thing Picture Quote #1

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time Picture Quote #1

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The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence Picture Quote #1

If you take your inspiration from nature, you don’t invent anything, because what you want to do is to interpret something. But still, everything passes throught your imagination. What you produce at the end is very different from the reality you started with Picture Quote #1

To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur Picture Quote #1

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Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable (Brassai Quotes) I think education and intelligence (are) important, but not art. Not artistic education (Brassai Quotes) My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time (Brassai Quotes) After twenty years you can begin to be sure of what camera will do (Brassai Quotes) To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain (Brassai Quotes) In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it, you may take some beautiful pictures, but not a photographic oeuvre (Brassai Quotes) My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality. My only aim was to express reality, for there is nothing more surreal than reality itself. If reality fails to fill us with wonder, it is because we have fallen into the habit of seeing it as ordinary (Brassai Quotes) I don’t invent anything. I imagine everything... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me. I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary (Brassai Quotes) The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own (Brassai Quotes) There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters (Brassai Quotes) Photography in our time leaves us with a grave responsibility. While we are playing in our studios with broken flowerpots, oranges, nude studies and still lifes, one day we know that we will be brought to account: life is passing before our eyes without our ever having seen a thing (Brassai Quotes) A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time (Brassai Quotes) The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence (Brassai Quotes) If you take your inspiration from nature, you don’t invent anything, because what you want to do is to interpret something. But still, everything passes throught your imagination. What you produce at the end is very different from the reality you started with (Brassai Quotes) To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur (Brassai Quotes)