My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time.
For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable. - Brassai
For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.
- Brassai
To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain. - Brassai
To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.
The surrealism of my pictures was nothing but the real made eerie by vision. I was trying to express reality, for there is nothing more surrealist. - Brassai
The surrealism of my pictures was nothing but the real made eerie by vision. I was trying to express reality, for there is nothing more surrealist.
I think education and intelligence (are) important, but not art. Not artistic education. - Brassai
I think education and intelligence (are) important, but not art. Not artistic education.
To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur. - Brassai
To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur.
... we photographers are nothing but a pack of crooks, thieves and voyeurs. We are to be found everywhere we are not wanted; we betray secrets that w… - Brassai
... we photographers are nothing but a pack of crooks, thieves and voyeurs. We are to be found everywhere we are not wanted; we betray secrets that w…
After twenty years you can begin to be sure of what camera will do. - Brassai
After twenty years you can begin to be sure of what camera will do.
The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own. - Brassai
The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.
A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time. - Brassai
A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.
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