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Elliott Erwitt quotes: My 'work' is about seeing not about ideas.

My 'work' is about seeing not about ideas.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.

Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I dislike landscapes. I only like people, and plastic flowers.

I dislike landscapes. I only like people, and plastic flowers.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.

After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along.

When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing.

Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.

All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Photography is simply a function of noticing things.

Photography is simply a function of noticing things.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: You don't study photography, you just do it.

You don't study photography, you just do it.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.

Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: A visual sense is something you either have or you don't.

A visual sense is something you either have or you don't.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: My life has been quite interesting professionally.

My life has been quite interesting professionally.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead.

I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.

I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.

It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: All of my marriages lasted seven years.

All of my marriages lasted seven years.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: If your subjects are eternal ... they'll survive.

If your subjects are eternal ... they'll survive.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: You don't study photography, you do it

You don't study photography, you do it

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I wasn't imposing my presence on anyone, which is very important for a would- be journalist. I stayed back. Always let people be themselves.

I wasn't imposing my presence on anyone, which is very important for a would- be journalist. I stayed back. Always let people be themselves.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: You have to devote yourself totally to be successful at it.

You have to devote yourself totally to be successful at it.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: A picture should be looked at - not talked about.

A picture should be looked at - not talked about.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Quality ... has to do with intention.

Quality ... has to do with intention.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I'll always be an amateur photographer.

I'll always be an amateur photographer.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good.

I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: If you keep your cool, you'll get everything.

If you keep your cool, you'll get everything.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.

You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: If you're not a curious person, you're certainly not going to be a good photographer.

If you're not a curious person, you're certainly not going to be a good photographer.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Most photographers work best alone, myself included.

Most photographers work best alone, myself included.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation.

I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.

I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera.

The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones.

I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Dogs don't mind being photographed in compromising situations.

Dogs don't mind being photographed in compromising situations.

Elliott Erwitt quotes: Do what the client wants, not what you want.

Do what the client wants, not what you want.