W Eugene Smith Quotes

An artist must be ruthlessly selfish. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

An artist must be ruthlessly selfish.

— W Eugene Smith

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.

— W Eugene Smith

… to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

… to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way

— W Eugene Smith

I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be

— W Eugene Smith

With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I

— W Eugene Smith

If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get

— W Eugene Smith

I’ve never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I’ve never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

— W Eugene Smith

I can’t stand these damn shows on museum walls with neat W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I can’t stand these damn shows on museum walls with neat

— W Eugene Smith

My pictures are complex and so am I. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

My pictures are complex and so am I.

— W Eugene Smith

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a

— W Eugene Smith

Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense

— W Eugene Smith

Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false starts, the whims, the W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false starts, the whims, the

— W Eugene Smith

The journalistic photographer can have no other than a personal approach; and W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

The journalistic photographer can have no other than a personal approach; and

— W Eugene Smith

I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them? W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?

— W Eugene Smith

Hardening of the categories causes art disease. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Hardening of the categories causes art disease.

— W Eugene Smith

Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working

— W Eugene Smith

I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who

— W Eugene Smith

What’s the best type of light? Why that would be available light… W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

What’s the best type of light? Why that would be available light…

— W Eugene Smith

My pictures are complex and so am I. When I am almost W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

My pictures are complex and so am I. When I am almost

— W Eugene Smith

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a

— W Eugene Smith

In music I still prefer the minor key, and in printing I W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

In music I still prefer the minor key, and in printing I

— W Eugene Smith

Available light is any damn light that is available! W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Available light is any damn light that is available!

— W Eugene Smith

I was after a set of pictures, so that when people looked W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I was after a set of pictures, so that when people looked

— W Eugene Smith

You can’t photograph if you’re not in love. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

You can’t photograph if you’re not in love.

— W Eugene Smith

…and each time I pressed the shutter release it was a shouted W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

…and each time I pressed the shutter release it was a shouted

— W Eugene Smith

The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion,

— W Eugene Smith

My photographs at best hold only a small length, but through them W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

My photographs at best hold only a small length, but through them

— W Eugene Smith

My camera, my intentions stopped no man from falling. Nor did they W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

My camera, my intentions stopped no man from falling. Nor did they

— W Eugene Smith

The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.

— W Eugene Smith

The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect …[ W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect …[

— W Eugene Smith

Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves

— W Eugene Smith

I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all.

— W Eugene Smith

What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling? W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?

— W Eugene Smith

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential.

— W Eugene Smith

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

— W Eugene Smith

The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.

— W Eugene Smith

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness. W Eugene Smith Picture Quote

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

— W Eugene Smith

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