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"Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation."
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"To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event."

"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."

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

"The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box."
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"Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of awe and disbelief. "Ever."

"Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation."

"Action triggers reaction. An object somehow responds when we observe it.We just assume that we do objective. In fact, unconsciously we only want to see some parts of the object which do not evoke the bitter memories of our past."
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