André Kertész

“I am an amateur and I intend to remain one.”

“The fork was my way of telling the world I was here.”

“The moment always dictates in my work.”

“I do not document, I interpret.”

“The picture is good or not from the moment it was caught in the camera.”

“I just walk around, observing life, and if I see something that speaks to me, I photograph it.”

“Technique is not what is important. It is the feeling that you put into your work that is important.”

“The camera is my tool. Through it I give reason to everything around me.”

“What I feel, I do. It's a matter of emotion. If I feel it, I do it. If I don't feel it, I don't do it.”

“Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph.”

“My style is my personality. It's my way of seeing things.”

“Everybody can look, but they don't necessarily see.”

“Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the photographer's real secret.”

“Reality is my subject, and my object is to show it in a new light.”

“I never think about a story. I let the picture tell the story.”

“I am a lucky man. I have been able to do what I have wanted to do, and I have done it.”